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せんしゅう
先週
どようび
土曜日
いらい
以来
ずっと
あめ
です
It has been raining since last Saturday.
Words
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last week; the week before
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Saturday
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
since; henceforth
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1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way  (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
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noun
rain
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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
シュウ    a week   
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シュウ   まわ circumference   
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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move
ヨウ    day of the week   
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the little bird gives two yos
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little bird
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yo = to yell / say hi
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イ    (prefix) or   
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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eight
ミ    not yet   
ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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