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かいこ
回顧
すればもう２０
ねん
年
の
むかし
昔
となった。
It was twenty years ago as I look back on it.
Grammar and points of interest
ば conditional form ば conditional form
 
if
回顧すればもう２０年の昔となった。
となる となる
 
become (with finality)
回顧すればもう２０年の昔となった。
Conjugations and inflections
  回顧すれば is the conditional form of 'suru' verb 回顧   ALL INFLECTIONS
  なった is the past form of 'ru' godan verb なる   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
か い こ 1
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
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も う 1 も う 0
1. now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
2. already; yet; by now; (not) anymore  (see also: すでに)
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ね ん 1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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む か し 0
1. the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago; ~ ago
noun
2. the past ten years; the past decade  (see also: ふた昔; used as a unit of time)
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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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Kanji
回
カイ   エ   まわる to revolve   まわす to make turn   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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囗
box, enclosure   
顧
コ   かえりみる to reflect, to look back   
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雇
コ   やとう to employ   
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隹
little bird
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戸
コ   と door   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
尸
corpse
頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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昔
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
龷
キョウ   とも together   
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