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わたし
やいなや
きしゃ
汽車
うご
した

I had barely got aboard when the train began to move.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to man (a ship); to help (someone) into
2. to march into; to enter
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expression
1. the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...
2. whether or not
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2 1
noun
train (sometimes specifically a steam train)
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4
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ジョウ   load; power   の to board   のせる to load on   
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crowded   こ to be crowded   こめる to load; to include   
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move
ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
キ    steam, vapour   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
スイ   みず water   
シャ   くるま car   
ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
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