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わたし
たち
ちょうどその
もん
たどり
いた
とき
あめ
はげ
しく
した

It began to rain heavily just as we got to the gate.
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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1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. gate
2. branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master
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4 2 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to struggle on to; to arrive somewhere after a struggle; to grope along to; to barely manage to reach; to finally arrive at; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
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2
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case  (this meaning is restricted to form 時)
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1
noun
rain
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3
1. violent; furious; tempestuous
2. extreme; intense; fierce; strong
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0 3
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
モン   かど gate   
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チャク   ジャク   つ to arrive   つける to attach   き to wear   きせる to make wear   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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ゲキ   はげしい violent   
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ハク   とまる to stay, to lodge overnight   とめる to give lodgings   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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スイ   みず water   
ホウ   はな    はな to let go   はなれる to get free of   ほう to throw (away)   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ぼく strike   
コウ   おりる to get off   おろす to drop off   ふ to fall (eg rain)   
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wheel around
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go
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hill   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
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