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It took about five minutes to get to my uncle's house from the station.
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Vocabulary list

eki
noun
  1. railway station; train station
  2. staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
counter
  1. counter for railway stations and bus stations
kara
particle
  1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
  2. from (originator); by
  3. because; since (follows verbs, adjectives)
  4. out of (constituent, part)
  5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
  6. after; since (following the te-form of a verb)
  7. expresses sympathy or warning
oji
noun
  1. uncle (伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent)
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
ie
noun
  1. house; residence; dwelling
  2. family; household
  3. lineage; family name
made
particle
  1. until (a time); till; to; up to
  2. to (a place); as far as
  3. to (an extent); up to; so far as; even
  4. only; merely
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
gofun
  1. five minutes; 5 minutes
go
numeric
  1. five (伍 is used in legal documents)
fun
noun, counter
  1. minute (unit of time)
  2. fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
sokosoko
adverb, no adjective
  1. reasonably; fairly; all right; moderate
adverb
  1. hurriedly; in a rush; having barely finished (in the form もそこそこに)
suffix
  1. approximately; about; or so
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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