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わたし
でんわ
電話
した
ときボブ
かける
ちょくぜん
直前
だった
Bob was on the point of leaving when I rang him up.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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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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noun
bob (haircut)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out
2. to be about to leave; to be just going out
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
just before
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
デン    electricity   
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electricity
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second   おつ    
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
フ   あめ rain   
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ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   なお to correct   なお to be cured   ただちに immediately   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
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