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わたし
たち
はやお
早起
きして
いえ
そうじ
掃除
はじ
めた

We got up early and set about cleaning our house.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
we; us
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2
early rising
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2
noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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0
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
2. to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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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   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
ソウ   は to sweep   
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hand
broom   
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yo; yell
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
ジ   ジョ   のぞ to exclude; to remove   
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ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
katakana 'ha'; eight
hill   
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シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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