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わたし
せんだい
仙台
んで
じゅう
10
ねん
してからやっと
まつしま
松島
おとず
れた

I had lived in Sendai for ten years before I visited Matsushima.
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
noun
Sendai (city)
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1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
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1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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0 3
1. at last; at length  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to visit; to call on
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
2. to arrive; to come; to appear
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
セン    hermit   
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サン   やま mountain   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ジュウ   す to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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ショウ   まつ pine tree   
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コウ   おおやけ official, public   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
トウ   しま island   
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reach
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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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