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てがみ
手紙
の
ないよう
内容
は
ひみつ
秘密
であった。
The contents of the letter were secret.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
手紙の内容は秘密であった。
Conjugations and inflections
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
て が み 0
letter
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な い よ う 0
noun
subject; contents; matter; substance; detail; import
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ひ み つ 0
1. secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy
2. secret; mystery
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
紙
シ   かみ paper   
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氏
シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
糸
シ   いと thread   
内
ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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冂
wide
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
容
ヨウ    contents   
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宀
roof   
谷
コク   たに valley   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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秘
ヒ   secret   ひめる to keep secret   
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禾
grain
必
ヒツ   かならず certainly, invariably   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
心
シン   こころ heart   
密
ミツ    secret   
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山
サン   やま mountain   
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