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He acquired some knowledge about Ben.
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Vocabulary list

kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
ben
noun, na adjective
  1. convenience; service; facility; accommodation
noun
  1. excreta (esp. faeces); excrement; stool
ben
noun
  1. speech; tongue; talk; eloquence
noun, used as a suffix
  1. dialect; brogue; accent
noun
  1. bento; Japanese box lunch
  2. petal
noun, no adjective
  1. valve
noun
  1. Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
ben
noun
  1. benkan (type of square ceremonial crown)
nitsuite
expression
  1. concerning; regarding
  2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
ikuraka
adverb, noun, no adjective
  1. some; (a) little
  2. somewhat; to some extent; in part
ikura
noun, adverb
  1. how much
noun, used as a suffix
  1. something over; and something; -odd (after a rounded number, esp. a sum of money)
adverb
  1. however (much); no matter how (as いくら...〜ても, いくら...〜でも, etc.)
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
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
chishiki
noun
  1. knowledge; information
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.
eru

Plain Past Indicative Form

eta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win (獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.)
  2. to understand; to comprehend
  3. to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to be able to ..., can ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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