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The two politicians met face to face for the first time.
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Vocabulary list

sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
futari
noun
  1. two persons; two people; pair; couple
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
nin
counter
  1. counter for people
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
seijika
noun
  1. politician; statesman
seiji
noun
  1. politics; government
ka
suffix
  1. -ist; -er (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hajimete
adverb, no adjective
  1. for the first time
adverb
  1. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... (after the -te form of a verb)
mentomukau

te-form

mentomukatte
expression, godan verb
  1. to meet face-to-face
men
noun
  1. face
  2. mask; face guard
  3. (in kendo) striking the head
  4. surface (esp. a geometrical surface)
  5. page
noun, suffix
  1. aspect; facet; side
  2. chamfer
counter
  1. counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
mukau

te-form

mukatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to face
  2. to go towards; to head towards
au

Plain Past Indicative Form

atta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to meet; to encounter; to see (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
  2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience (esp. 遭う when in kanji)

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