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My mother looked up the history of coffee cups.
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Vocabulary list

okaasan
noun
  1. mother; mom; mum; ma
  2. wife
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
koohiikappu
noun
  1. coffee cup
kappu
noun
  1. cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
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
rekishi
noun, no adjective
  1. history
nitsuite
expression
  1. concerning; regarding
  2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
shiraberu

masu stem

shirabe
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
hajimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

hajimeta
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to start ...; to begin to ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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