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こじ
孤児
であったので、
ちち
父
は
じゅう
１０
さい
歳
からお
かね
金
を
かせ
稼
ぎはじめねばならなかった。
Being an orphan, my father had to start earning money at ten.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
孤児であったので、父は１０歳からお金を稼ぎはじめねばならなかった。
ちち and おとうさん ちち and おとうさん
 
孤児であったので、父は１０歳からお金を稼ぎはじめねばならなかった。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
だ, である, であります, でございます, ではない etc
孤児であったので、父は１０歳からお金を稼ぎはじめねばならなかった。
ので ので
 
because; so; since
孤児であったので、父は１０歳からお金を稼ぎはじめねばならなかった。
Conjugations and inflections
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
こ じ 1
Most common form: みなしご
orphan
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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の で 0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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ち ち 1 ち ち 2
noun
father  (see also: 母; とと and ちゃん are used by children; humble)
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さ い 1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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お か ね 0
noun
money  (see also: 金; polite (teineigo) language)
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か せ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to earn income; to labor; to labour
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Kanji
孤
コ    alone   
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孑
child   
瓜
カ   うり melon   
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厶
ム   private
爪
つめ    つま- claw; fingernail   
児
ジ   ニ    newborn babe   
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旧
キュウ    former, old   
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丨
stick   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
儿
legs
父
フ   ちち father   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
乂
crossed swords
歳
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
戌
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
稼
カ   かせぐ to work, earn a living   
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禾
grain
家
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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豕
pig
宀
roof   
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