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わたし
かれ
たず
ねた
あいにく
るす
留守
だった
I visited him only to find him absent.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
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0
unfortunately; Sorry, but ...  (often written with kana only)
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1
1. absence; being away from home
2. house-sitting; house-sitter
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ホウ   たずねる to visit   おとずれる to ask, to visit   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ル   リュウ   とめる to detain   とまる to stop   
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hare   う sign of the hare   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
high-priced, lofty   
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side open box
seal
デン   た rice field   
シュ   ス   まも to protect, guard   もり babysitting   
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スン   inch
roof   
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