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としょかん
図書館
あなた
かあ
さん
ぐうぜん
偶然
しました
I ran across your mother in the library.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
noun
library  (also written 圕)
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2
1. you (referring to someone of equal or lower status)  (貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
2. dear (what a wife calls a husband)
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2
noun
mother  (see also: 母さん; honorific)
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0
'na' adjective, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence
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Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ト   ズ   はか to map, plan   
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ト    Big Dipper   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
dot   
box, enclosure   
ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
カン    building   やかた castle, mansion   
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カン    bureaucrat   
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two mouths
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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roof   
eat; food
ボ   はは mother   
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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ニク body part   
fire
カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
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