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マーガレットこの
まえ
にちようび
日曜日
きみ
かのじょ
彼女
とう
さん
あったけれどテニスとてもうまい
Margaret, whose father you met last Sunday, is a very good tennis player.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1 4
noun
1. marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens)  (this meaning is restricted to reading マーガレット)
2. Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)
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1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Sunday
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0
1. you; buddy; pal  (also used colloquially by young females; male term or language; familiar language)
noun
2. monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master  (orig. meaning)
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1
pronoun
1. she; her
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2
noun
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada  (see also: 父さん; honorific)
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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1
Most common form: けど
conjunction, particle
but; however; although
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1
noun
tennis
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0 3
1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: 甘い
1. skillful; skilful; clever; expert; wise; successful  (esp. 上手い,巧い; often written with kana only)
2. delicious; appetizing; appetising; tasty  (esp. 美味い,甘い; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヨウ    day of the week   
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the little bird gives two yos
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little bird
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yo = to yell / say hi
クン   きみ you   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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slashed yo
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
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