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When I was a boy, I was addicted to reading detective stories.
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Vocabulary list

kodomonokoro
expression, no adjective
  1. as a child; when one was a child; childhood
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
koro
noun, adverb, noun, used as a suffix
  1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward (ごろ when used as a suffix)
  2. suitable time (or condition)
  3. time of year; season
watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
suirishousetsu
noun
  1. mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
suiri
noun, suru verb
  1. reasoning; inference; deduction
noun
  1. mystery or detective genre
shousetsu
noun, no adjective
  1. novel; (short) story
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
hamaru

te-form

hamatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fit; to get into; to go into; to be fitted with (e.g. door with a window)
  2. to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions)
  3. to fall into; to plunge into; to get stuck; to get caught
  4. to be deceived; to be taken in; to fall into a trap
  5. to be addicted to; to be deep into; to be crazy about; to be stuck on
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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