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わたし
とうちゃく
到着
おそ
かった
ので
かれ
えんぜつ
演説
けなかった

I arrived too late to hear his speech.
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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0 2
1. slow  (this meaning is restricted to form 遅い, 鈍い)
2. late (e.g. "late at night")
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particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
speech; address
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to tell  (archaic)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
トウ    arrive   
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シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
トウ   かたな sword   
チャク   ジャク   つ to arrive   つける to attach   き to wear   きせる to make wear   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
チ   おそ late   おくれる to be late   おくらす to make late   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
corpse
move
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
エン    performance, play   
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とら tiger; sign of the tiger   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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roof   
スイ   みず water   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジ   みみ ear   
モン   かど gate   
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