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わたし
私
は
うつく
美
しい
ちょう
蝶
を
つか
捕
まえた。
I caught a beautiful butterfly.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
私は美しい蝶を捕まえた。
Conjugations and inflections
  捕まえた is the past form of ichidan verb 捕まえる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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う つ く し い 4
beautiful; lovely
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Most common form: ちょう
noun
butterfly
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つ か ま え る 4 つ か ま え る 3 つ か ま え る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to catch; to arrest; to seize
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
美
ビ   うつくしい beautiful   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
蝶
チョウ    butterfly   
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虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
枼
tree world
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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世
セ   セイ   よ the world   
捕
ホ   とる    とらえる    つかまえる to catch, to grasp   とらわれる    つかまる to be caught   
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甫
ホ    the first time   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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扌
hand
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