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An orphan at three, he was brought up by a distant relative.
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Vocabulary list

sansai
  1. three years old; 3 years old
san
numeric
  1. three (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
  1. tri-
sai
suffix, counter
  1. -years-old
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
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
koji
noun, no adjective
  1. orphan
noun
  1. person without friends
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
naru

Plain Past Indicative Form

natta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)
node
particle
  1. that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
tooi
i adjective
  1. far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance
  2. distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time)
  3. distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone)
  4. far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off
  5. hard (of hearing) (as 耳が遠い)
  6. nearsighted (as 目が遠い)
shinseki
noun
  1. relative; relation; kin
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
sodateru

Potential Plain Past Indicative Form

sodaterareta

Passive Plain Past Indicative Form

sodaterareta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to raise; to rear; to bring up
  2. to train; to teach; to educate
  3. to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop

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