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わたし
私
たちが
ほうもん
訪問
したときは、
しょうせつ
小説
に
はんとしかん
半年間
も
と
取
り
く
組
んでいたんですから。
He had been working on his novel for six months when we visited him.
Grammar and points of interest
時（とき） 時（とき）
 
when
私たちが訪問したときは、小説に半年間も取り組んでいたんですから。
X は Y です X は Y です
 
X is Y
私たちが訪問したときは、小説に半年間も取り組んでいたんですから。
〜んです／〜のです 〜んです／〜のです
 
emphasize or soften a phrase
私たちが訪問したときは、小説に半年間も取り組んでいたんですから。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
私たちが訪問したときは、小説に半年間も取り組んでいたんですから。
Conjugations and inflections
  訪問した is the past form of 'suru' verb 訪問   ALL INFLECTIONS
  取り組んでいた is the past form of the progressive form of 'mu' godan verb 取り組む   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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ほ う も ん 0
call; visit
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と き 2
Most common form: 時
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case
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し ょ う せ つ 0
novel; (short) story
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は ん と し 4 は ん と し 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
half year
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と り く む 3 と り く む 0
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to tackle; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to come to grips with; to make effort; to strive for; to deal with
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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
訪
ホウ   たずねる to visit   おとずれる to ask, to visit   
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方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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問
モン   とい question   とう to ask   とん wholesale   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
説
セツ   ゼイ   とく to explain, persuade   
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兑
eight elder brothers
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丷
eight
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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儿
legs
半
ハン   なかば half   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
丨
stick   
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
取
シュ   とる to take   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
又
また again   
組
ソ   くむ to join forces, put together   くみ    -ぐみ class(es), set(s)   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
糸
シ   いと thread   
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