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Prof. Smith is famous for his eccentric life style.
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Vocabulary list

kyouju
noun
  1. professor
noun, suru verb
  1. teaching; instruction
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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 ...
ippuukawatta
noun or verb acting prenominally
  1. eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
ippuu
noun, adverb
  1. oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
kawaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kawatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
  2. to move to
  3. to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual (usu. as 変わった, 変わっている)
seikatsu
noun, suru verb
  1. living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
buri
suffix, noun
  1. style; manner; way
  2. after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
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)
yuumei
na adjective
  1. famous
noun
  1. fame
da
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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