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わたし
私
たち
は
かれ
彼
ら
が
しんしゃ
新車
を
か
買
う
なんて
よそう
予想
もしなかった。
We didn't anticipate their buying a new car.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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か れ ら 1
they (usually male); them
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し ん し ゃ 0
noun
new car
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か う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to buy; to purchase  (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
2. to value; to have a high opinion
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な ん て 1
noun or verb acting prenominally, adverb
1. how ...!; what ...!  (often written with kana only)
2. how about …?; what do you say to …?  (In this sense, なんて frames the action as “just an idea,” making the suggestion sound lighter and more tentative than ~のはどうですか.)
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よ そ う 0
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
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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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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
新
シン   あたらしい    あらた    にい- new   
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亲
stand in the tree
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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
車
シャ   くるま car   
買
バイ   かう to buy   
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罒
net
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
予
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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マ
katakana 'ma'
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
想
ソウ   ソ    idea, thought   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
相
ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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