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はは
母
が
わたし
私
に
しんじつ
真実
を
はな
話
してくれた
のは
なんねん
何年
も
ご
後
になってであった。
It was only after years that my mother told me the truth.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
は は 2
noun
mother  (see also: 父; かか was used by children; humble)
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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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し ん じ つ 1
truth; reality
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は な す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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な ん ね ん 1
noun
what year; how many years
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も
particle
1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)  (as AもBも)
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な る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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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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Kanji
母
ボ   はは mother   
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
真
シン   truth   ま exactly; deep   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
丌
table
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実
ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みのる to bear fruit   
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three men
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三
サン   み    みっつ three   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
宀
roof   
話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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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   
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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後
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うしろ behind   おくれる be late   
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幺
short, tiny   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
彳
step
夂
go
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