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きのう
昨日
わたし
なくした
えんぴつ
鉛筆
ふる
もの
だった
The pencil I lost yesterday was an old one.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
yesterday
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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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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to lose something  (often written with kana only)
2. to get rid of  (usu. 無くす; often written with kana only)
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noun
pencil
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old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
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Most common form: もの
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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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    
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
エン   なまり lead   
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
eight mouths
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ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ヒツ   ふで writing brush   
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bamboo
writing brush
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
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