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じどうしゃ
自動車
とお
いっぱいする
まえ
まち
くうき
空気
きれいだった
Before automobiles filled out streets, city air used to be clean.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
2 0
noun
automobile
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3 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. avenue; street; way; road
2. coming and going; street traffic
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1 0
Most common form: 一杯
1. amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic)
2. full
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1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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2
noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
2. street; road
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1
noun
1. air; atmosphere
2. mood; situation  (see also: 空気を読む)
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1
1. pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair  (often written with kana only)
2. clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat  (often written with kana only)
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
ジ   シ   みずか self   
ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
シャ   くるま car   
ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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use your ma
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
move
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
チョウ   まち town   
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チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
デン   た rice field   
クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
crossed swords
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