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わたし
私
たちはみんなで
ふんしつ
紛失
した
しょるい
書類
をくまなく
さが
探
したがどうしてもみつからなかった。
We all searched high and low for the missing documents, but they were never found.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
私たちはみんなで紛失した書類をくまなく探したがどうしてもみつからなかった。
adverbs adverbs
 
私たちはみんなで紛失した書類をくまなく探したがどうしてもみつからなかった。
particle も + negative verb particle も + negative verb
 
not at all, never, nowhere etc
私たちはみんなで紛失した書類をくまなく探したがどうしてもみつからなかった。
皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな 皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな
 
私たちはみんなで紛失した書類をくまなく探したがどうしてもみつからなかった。
どうしても〜 どうしても〜
 
no matter what, by all means, at any cost
私たちはみんなで紛失した書類をくまなく探したがどうしてもみつからなかった。
Conjugations and inflections
  紛失した is the past form of 'suru' verb 紛失   ALL INFLECTIONS
  なく is the adverbial form of 'i' adjective ない   ALL INFLECTIONS
  探した is the past form of 'su' godan verb 探す   ALL INFLECTIONS
  みつからなかった is the past negative form of 'ru' godan verb みつかる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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み ん な 3
adverb, noun
1. all; everyone; everybody  (often written with kana only)
2. everything  (often written with kana only)
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ふ ん し つ 0
losing something
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し ょ る い 0 し ょ る い 1
noun
documents; official papers
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く ま 2 く ま 1
noun
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
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な い 1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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さ が す 0 さ が す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to search (for something desired, needed); to look for  (esp. 探す)
2. to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)  (esp. 捜す)
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ど う し て 1
adverb, interjection (kandoushi)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for  (see also: どうやって; often written with kana only)
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み つ か る 0
Most common form: 見つかる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be found; to be discovered
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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
紛
フン   confused   まぎれる to be confused   まぎらわす to make confusing   まぎらわしい ambiguous, confusing   まぎらす to divert, distract   
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分
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
糸
シ   いと thread   
失
シツ   うしなう to lose   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
書
ショ   かく to write   
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聿
writing brush
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
類
ルイ   たぐい kind, type   
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頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
貝
かい shellfish   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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丨
stick   
探
タン   さぐる to grope for   さがす to search for   
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扌
hand
罙
net in the tree
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㓁
net
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