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わたし
とつぜん
突然
がいこくじん
外国人
はな
しかけられた
のでめんくらった
I didn't know what to do because I was suddenly spoken to by a foreigner.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
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4
noun
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese  (see also: 内国人)
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5 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone)
2. to begin to talk; to start a conversation
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particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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4 0
Most common form: 面食らう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
トツ   つ to poke   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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dot   
ニク body part   
fire
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はず to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
divining rod
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
box, enclosure   
ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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