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わたし
とつぜん
突然
よあ
夜明
まえ
こされた

I was woken up suddenly at dawn.
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
abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
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3
noun
dawn; daybreak
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1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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Most common form: 起す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up
2. to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
トツ   つ to poke   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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dot   
ニク body part   
fire
ヤ   よる    よ night   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
go
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lid
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
キ   おきる to wake up, to get up   おこる to happen   おこす to rouse   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
ソウ   はし run   
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