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I had just finished eating lunch when my doorbell rang.
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genkan
noun
  1. entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; porch; foyer; mud room
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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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yobirin
noun
  1. bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
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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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naru

Plain Past Indicative Form

natta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
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toki
noun
  1. time; hour; moment (刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
  1. occasion; case
noun
  1. chance; opportunity; season
  2. the times; the age; the day
  3. tense
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watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
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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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choudo
adverb
  1. exactly; precisely; just; right
  2. as if; as though; quite
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chuushoku
noun
  1. lunch; midday meal
  2. food served at a tea party (tea ceremony) (usu. 中食)
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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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taberu

masu stem

tabe
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to eat
  2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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oeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

oeta
ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to finish
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to graduate
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Suffix after the past tense of a verb
tokoro
noun
  1. whereupon; as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
  2. 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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da

Polite Past Indicative Form

deshita
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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