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He slipped and nearly fell.
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kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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suberu

te-form

subette
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip
  2. to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke)
  3. to drop; to go down; to come down; to fall (e.g. in status)
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sumu
sumu

te-form

sunde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent
  2. to resonate clearly (e.g. voice)
  3. to become serene; to become tranquil; to be free of worries
  4. to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
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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
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tokorode
conjunction
  1. by the way; incidentally
  2. even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how) (after the plain past form of a verb)
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tokoro
noun, adverb, suffix
  1. place; spot; scene; site (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
noun, suffix
  1. address
  2. district; area; locality
  3. one's house
  4. point; aspect; side; facet
  5. passage (in text); part
  6. space; room
  7. thing; matter
noun
  1. whereupon; as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
  2. about to; on the verge of (after present form of a verb)
  3. was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing (after past form of a verb)
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de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
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korobu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fall down; to fall over
  2. to turn out; to play out (oft. as どう転んでも)
  3. to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize (in early Japanese Christianity)
  4. to roll; to tumble
  5. (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
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Suffix after the dictionary form of a verb
tokoro
noun
  1. whereupon; as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
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da

Plain Past Indicative Form

datta
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
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