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わたし
たち
ちょうど
しょくじ
食事
はじ
めよ
したとき
かのじょ
彼女
あらわ
れた

She turned up just as we were starting our meal.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
we; us
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0 3
1. exactly; precisely; just; right  (often written with kana only)
2. as if; as though; quite  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. meal
2. to eat
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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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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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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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2
Most common form:
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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1
pronoun
1. she; her
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4
Most common form: 表われる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise
2. to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
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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ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ゲン    present   あらわれる to appear   あらわ to show   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
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