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わたし
私
は
かいがん
海岸
の
ちか
近
く
に
す
住
んでいる
あいだ、よく
およ
泳
いだ
。
While living near the beach, I often enjoyed swimming.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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か い が ん 0
coast; beach
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ち か く 2 ち か く 1
noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity  (see also: 近い)
noun (suffix)
2. nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to
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す む 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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あ い だ 0
Most common form: 間
noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully  (see also: 良い; often written with kana only)
2. frequently; often  (often written with kana only)
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お よ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to swim
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
海
カイ   うみ ocean   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
毎
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
毋
ボ   はは mother   
岸
ガン   きし coast, shore, banks   
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山
サン   やま mountain   
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干
カン   dry; drying frame   ひる to get dry   ほす to dry (something), to air   
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厂
cliff
近
キン   ちかい close   
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斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
⻌
move
住
ジュウ   すむ to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
泳
エイ   およぐ swim   
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永
エイ   long time   ながい long (time)   
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冫
ice   
水
スイ   みず water   
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