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きょねん
去年
なつ
ようやく
わたし
ちょうなん
長男
およ
げる
ようなった
It was not until last summer that my oldest son learned to swim.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last year
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2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
summer
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0
Most common form: 要約
summary; digest
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1 3
noun
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
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2
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to swim
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1
Most common form:
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: )
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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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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Kanji
キョ   コ   さ leave   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジ   シ   みずか self   
go
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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grain
チョウ   なが long   
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
デン   た rice field   
エイ   およ swim   
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スイ   みず water   
エイ   long time   なが long (time)   
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ice   
スイ   みず water   
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