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むかし
昔
かれ
彼
らはのろしで
つうしん
通信
していた。
In the early days people communicated by smoke signals.
Conjugations and inflections
  通信していた is the past form of the progressive form of 'suru' verb 通信   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
む か し 0
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
olden days; former
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か れ ら 1
they (usually male); them
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ろ う え ん 0
Most common form: 烽火
noun
1. beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals
2. starting shot; starting signal
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つ う し ん 0
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
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Kanji
昔
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
龷
キョウ   とも together   
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
通
ツ   ツウ   とおる to pass through   とおす to let pass   かよう to commute   
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甬
use your ma
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
マ
katakana 'ma'
⻌
move
信
シン    trust, faith   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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