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むかし
せんせい
先生
あったら
かれ
わたし
りょうしん
両親
あんぴ
安否
たず
ねた

When I met my former teacher, he inquired after my parents.
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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noun
1. teacher; master; doctor  (honorific)
suffix
2. with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific  (honorific)
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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pronoun
1. he; him
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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noun
parents; both parents
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noun
safety; welfare; well-being
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to ask; to enquire; to inquire
2. to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
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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   
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
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   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
リョウ    both   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
サン   やま mountain   
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wide
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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stand in the tree
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
アン   やす peaceful; cheap   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
roof   
ヒ   いな no   
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フ   ブ    not   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ジン   たずねる to inquire, to seek   
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yo = to yell / say hi
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
スン   inch
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