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It happened that I saw my friend walking in the distance.
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Vocabulary list

guuzen
noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity
adverb
  1. by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally
noun
  1. contingency (philosophy)
harukakanata
harukakanata
harukakanata
no adjective, noun
  1. faraway; far-off
haruka
haruka
na adjective, adverb
  1. far away; far off; far; distant; in the distance
  2. long ago; long before
kanata
kanata
pronoun
  1. beyond; across; the other side; the distance
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.
yuujin
noun
  1. friend (more formal than 友達)
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)
aruku

te-form

aruite
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to walk
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)
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
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)
mieru

Plain Past Indicative Form

mieta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be seen; to be in sight
  2. to look; to seem; to appear
  3. to come

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