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へんとう
返答
は
こうていてき
肯定的
なものだった。
The answer was yes.
Grammar and points of interest
〜的 (てき) 〜的 (てき)
 
turns a noun into an adjective
返答は肯定的なものだった。
ものだ ものだ
 
is (expressing general truth; common sense; emotion; reflection)
返答は肯定的なものだった。
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Words
へ ん と う 0
reply; answer
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こ う て い て き 0
affirmative
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も の 2
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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expression
was  (see also: だ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
返
ヘン   かえる to return, to come back   かえす to return (something)   
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反
ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そる to be warped, curved   
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又
また again   
厂
cliff
⻌
move
答
トウ   こたえ an answer   こたえる to answer   
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⺮
bamboo
合
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あう to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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肯
コウ    agreement   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
定
テイ   ジョウ   determined   さだか decidedly, truly   さだめる to decide, determine   さだまる to be determined   
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疋
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
宀
roof   
的
テキ   まと target   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
勺
シャク   ladle
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勹
wrap
丶
dot   
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