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わたし
ねん
ぶり
こきょう
故郷
もど
った

I returned to my hometown after five years' absence.
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
numeric
five  (伍 is used in legal documents)
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1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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suffix
1. style; manner  (often written with kana only)
2. after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)  (see also: 久しぶり; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ふるさと
noun
1. home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home  (often written with kana only)
2. ruins; historic remains  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ふるさと)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to turn back (e.g. half-way)
2. to return; to go back
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ぼく strike   
キョウ   ゴウ   hometown
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short, tiny   
ロウ    husband, man   
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リョウ   よ good   
おおざと group, community, large village   
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レイ   もど to return   もど to send back   
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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   
コ   と door   
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corpse
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