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せんじつ
先日
、
とうきょう
東京
の
こうがい
郊外
で
なに
何
か
おそ
恐
ろしいことが
お
起
こった。
The other day something horrible happened in a Tokyo suburb.
Conjugations and inflections
  起こった is the past form of 'ru' godan verb 起こる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
せ ん じ つ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
the other day; a few days ago
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と う き ょ う 0
noun
Tokyo
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こ う が い 1
suburb; outskirts
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な に 1
1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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お そ ろ し い 4
1. terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened
2. surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing  (often as 恐ろしく)
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こ と 2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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お こ る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to occur; to happen
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Kanji
先
セン   さき ahead   
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⺧
whereupon by the ground
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
儿
legs
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
東
トウ   ひがし east   
京
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亠
lid
郊
コウ    suburbs, rural areas   
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⻏
おおざと group, community, large village   
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交
コウ   mix; mixed   まぜる to mix, stir   まざる    まじる to be mixed together   まじえる to mix, intersperse   まじわる to intersect   かう to take turns   かわす to exchange   
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六
ロク   むっつ six   むつ    むい    む    
父
フ   ちち father   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
乂
crossed swords
外
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はずす to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
卜
divining rod
何
カ   なに    なん what?   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
亅
hook
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
恐
キョウ   おそれる to fear, be afraid of   おそろしい terrible, dreadful   
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凡
ハン   ボン    simple, mediocre   
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几
キ    table   
丶
dot   
工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
心
シン   こころ heart   
起
キ   おきる to wake up, to get up   おこる to happen   おこす to rouse   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
走
ソウ   はしる run   
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