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The candidate waved his hand to whomever he saw.
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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 ...
kouhosha
noun
  1. candidate; applicant
kouho
noun
  1. candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list
  2. candidacy; candidature; nomination
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
au
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)
hitogoto
noun
  1. other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
hitogoto
adverb
  1. with each person; with everyone
hito
noun
  1. man; person
  2. human being; mankind; people
  3. human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species
  4. character; personality
  5. man of talent; true man
  6. another person; other people; others
  7. adult
gotoni
expression, suffix
  1. one by one; each; every; at intervals of
goto
noun, noun, used as a suffix, adverb
  1. each; every
goto
suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
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
tewofuru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tewofutta
expression, godan verb
  1. to wave one's hand
te
noun
  1. hand; arm (occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
  2. forepaw; foreleg
  3. handle
  4. hand; worker; help
  5. trouble; care; effort
  6. means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
  7. hand; handwriting
  8. kind; type; sort
  9. one's hands; one's possession
  10. ability to cope
  11. hand (of cards)
  12. direction
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. move (in go, shogi, etc.)
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.
furu

Plain Past Indicative Form

futta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to wave; to shake; to swing
  2. to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
  3. to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
  4. to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump
  5. to abandon; to give up; to ruin
  6. to add kana indicating a reading of a word
  7. to slightly change headings; to change directions
  8. to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
  9. to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
  10. to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic
  11. to replace; to substitute
  12. to set up a joke for somebody else

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