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むかし
ぐうぜん
偶然
ぶつかったこと
はつめい
発明
なった
れい
おお

In early times, inventions were often stumbled upon by accident.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
olden days; former
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'na' adjective, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict  (often written with kana only)
2. to encounter; to meet
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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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1. invention
2. intelligent; clever  (see also: 聡明)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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Most common form: れい
noun, noun (prefix), 'no' adjective
1. custom; practice; habit; usual
2. said; aforementioned
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many; numerous
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Kanji
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キョウ   とも together   
グウ    accidentally   
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グウ    long-tailed monkey   
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tracks, footprint   
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wide
ム   private
デン   た rice field   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
ニク body part   
fire
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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hairy legs
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
レイ   example   たとえる to illustrate, to compare   たとえば for example   
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レツ    row   
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トウ   かたな sword   
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
タ   おお many   
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