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An old man was resting in the shade of the tree.
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Vocabulary list

ojiisan
noun
  1. grandfather (usu. お祖父さん)
  2. male senior-citizen (usu. お爺さん)
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)
kokage
noun
  1. shade of tree; bower
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
yasumu

te-form

yasunde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be absent; to take a day off
  2. to rest; to have a break
  3. to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
  4. to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Polite Past Indicative Form

imashita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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