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My father celebrated his seventieth birthday this year, but he's more energetic than I am.
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chichi
noun
  1. father (とと and ちゃん are used by children)
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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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kotoshi
noun, adverb
  1. this year
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kiju
noun
  1. 77th birthday (a variant of 喜 looks like 七十七 (77))
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wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
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mukaeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

mukaeta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to go out to meet
  2. to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
  3. to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
  4. to call for; to summon; to invite
  5. to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)
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ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
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watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
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nanka
particle, adverb
  1. something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ... (oft. scornful or dismissive)
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yori
particle
  1. than
  2. from; out of; since; at; on
  3. except; but; other than
adverb
  1. more
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yohodo
adverb, no adjective, na adjective
  1. very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite (余 is ateji)
adverb
  1. just about to; almost; very nearly
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enerugisshu
na adjective
  1. energetic
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da
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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