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わたし
たち
れっしゃ
列車
はんじかん
半時間
まえ
えき

We arrived at the station a half-hour before the train started.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
we; us
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0 1
noun
train (ordinary)
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1
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out  (opposite: 入る)
2. to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
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3
noun
half an hour (period of); half hour
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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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1
noun
station
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1
Most common form: くる
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb
1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
2. to come back; to do ... and come back  (see also: 行って来る)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
レツ    row   
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トウ   かたな sword   
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シャ   くるま car   
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ハン   なか half   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
eight
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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モン   かど gate   
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ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
grass   
エキ    station   
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バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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little bird
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fire
シャク    unit of length (about a foot)   
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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ミ    not yet   
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