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Children are playing behind the house.
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kodomotachi
noun
  1. children
kodomo
noun
  1. child
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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)
ienoura
noun
  1. back of the house
ie
noun
  1. house; residence; dwelling
  2. family; household
  3. lineage; family name
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
ura
noun
  1. opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side
  2. rear; back; behind
  3. lining; inside
  4. in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind (someone's) back
  5. more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
  6. proof
  7. opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary
  8. inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
  9. bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)
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.)
asobu

te-form

asonde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
  2. to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
  3. to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused
  4. to meet up (with friends); to hang out
  5. to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.)
  6. to go to (for pleasure or for study) (as 〜に遊ぶ)
  7. to tease (somebody); to play (with)
  8. to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
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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