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せんじつ
先日
まれて
はじ
めて
さかなつ
魚釣
った

The other day I went fishing for the first time in my life.
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Conjugations and inflections
Words
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
the other day; a few days ago
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be born
2. to be produced
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2
1. for the first time  (see also: 始める)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...  (after the -te form of a verb)
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4 3
noun
fishing
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irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', intransitive verb
1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach  (see also: 来る)
2. to proceed; to take place  (see also: 旨く行く; い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
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Kanji
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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corner
デン   た rice field   
fire
チョウ   つ to fish   
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シャク   ladle
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wrap
dot   
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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