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さくばん
昨晩
ある
ひと
あなた
たず
ねてきました

A man called on you last night.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last night
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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
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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2
1. you (referring to someone of equal or lower status)  (貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
2. dear (what a wife calls a husband)
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
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Kanji
サク    yesterday   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
バン    nightfall   
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メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corner
legs
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ホウ   たずねる to visit   おとずれる to ask, to visit   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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