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わたし
せんしゅう
先週
かれ
かね
はら
った

I paid him the money last week.
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
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last week; the week before
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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
noun
money  (see also: ; polite (teineigo) language)
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to pay (e.g. money, bill)
2. to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
シュウ    a week   
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シュウ   まわ circumference   
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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move
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
フツ    to pay; to dispose of   はら to pay   
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hand
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