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わたし
MIT
がくせい
学生
であった
ころ
ボストンある
まった
レストラン
しょくじ
食事
していた
When I was a student at MIT I used to eat at a certain restaurant in Boston.
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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0
noun
student (esp. a university student)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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1
Most common form: ころ
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward  (ごろ when used as a suffix; often written with kana only)
2. suitable time (or condition)  (see also: 食べ頃)
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1
Boston
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 極る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be decided; to be settled
2. to look good in (clothes)
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1
noun
restaurant (esp. Western-style)  (originally from French)
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noun
1. meal
2. to eat
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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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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ガク   まな to learn   
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シ   ス   こ child   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
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   
ころ time   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
さじ spoon   
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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スイ   みず water   
カイ   ケツ    decide, determine   
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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   
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