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けんり
権利
は
せいかく
正確
には
なに
何
であるのかと
き
聞
かれて、
わたし
私
は
せつめい
説明
に
こま
困
った。
Asked what exactly a right was, I was at a loss to explain it.
Grammar and points of interest
verb passive form verb passive form
 
is done
権利は正確には何であるのかと聞かれて、私は説明に困った。
〜のか 〜のか
 
embedded question / expressing doubt
権利は正確には何であるのかと聞かれて、私は説明に困った。
には, では, とは には, では, とは
 
emphasis
権利は正確には何であるのかと聞かれて、私は説明に困った。
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
権利は正確には何であるのかと聞かれて、私は説明に困った。
particle か particle か
 
embedded / indirect questions
権利は正確には何であるのかと聞かれて、私は説明に困った。
OVERVIEW
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
権利は正確には何であるのかと聞かれて、私は説明に困った。
Conjugations and inflections
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
  聞かれて is the te form of the passive form of 'ku' godan verb 聞く   ALL INFLECTIONS
  困った is the past form of 'ru' godan verb 困る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
け ん り 1
noun
right; privilege
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せ い か く 0
accurate; punctual; exact; authentic; veracious; correct  (see also: 精確)
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な に 1
1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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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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き く 0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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せ つ め い 0
explanation; exposition
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こ ま る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped
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Kanji
権
ケン   ゴン    a right   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
隹
little bird
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
利
リ    effective, interest, profit, advantage   きく to be effective   
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禾
grain
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
正
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただす to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
確
カク   たしか certain   たしかめる to make certain   
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隺
crane; flying bird
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冖
cover; covered   
石
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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何
カ   なに    なん what?   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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亅
hook
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
聞
ブン   モン   きく to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
門
モン   かど gate   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
説
セツ   ゼイ   とく to explain, persuade   
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兑
eight elder brothers
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丷
eight
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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儿
legs
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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明
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あく to open   あける to empty   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
困
コン   distressed   こまる to be distressed, be in a quandary   
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囗
box, enclosure   
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