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わたし
そのクラス
はい
った
とたんに
せいと
生徒
たち
しつもん
質問
はじめた
I had scarcely entered the class before the students started asking questions.
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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noun
class
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to enter; to go into  (opposite: 出る)
2. to break into
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just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that  (after past tense of verb)
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pupil
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noun
1. departure; setting off; start
2. being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
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question; inquiry; enquiry
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Most common form: 始める
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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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ト    junior   
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step
ソウ   はし run   
シツ   シチ   チ    quality; substance   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モン   かど gate   
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