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Grammar detail: 〜たり〜たりする

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たり (or だり) is a suffix added to verbs to turn them into a list of actions. It can also be used in the form だったり to turn nouns and adjectives into a list of attributes.
わたしたち
私達
は
さか
坂
を
い
行
ったり
き
来
たりし
つづ
続
けた。
We had to go up and down the slopes.
しんねん
新年
は
せいだい
盛大
に
た
食
べたり
の
飲
んだりするのです。
New Year is the time for a lot of eating and drinking.
きょう
今日
は
あめ
雨
が
ふ
降
ったりやんだりするだろうから、
かさ
傘
を
も
持
って
い
行
った
ほう
方
がよい。
It will rain on and off today, so you'd better take your umbrella.
Usually たり is added to successive verbs in the sentence. However, it can be used with a single verb to imply that the action is one of an (unlisted) set of actions.
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Kanji used in this grammar

私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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達
タツ    arrive   
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坂
ハン   さか slope   
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行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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来
ライ   くる to come   きたる to be forthcoming   きたす to induce   
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続
ゾク   つづく to continue   つづける to carry on with   
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新
シン   あたらしい    あらた    にい- new   
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年
ネン   とし year   
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盛
セイ   ジョウ   さかん popular; enthusiastic   さかる prosper, flourish   もる serve, heap up (food)   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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飲
イン   のむ to drink   
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今
コン   キン   いま now   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
雨
ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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降
コウ   おりる to get off   おろす to drop off   ふる to fall (eg rain)   
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傘
サン   かさ umbrella   
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持
ジ   もつ to hold, to have   
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方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
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