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He bought books at random.
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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
teate
noun, suru verb
  1. salary; pay; compensation; allowance (e.g. housing allowance); benefit; bonus (esp. 手当)
  2. medical care; treatment (esp. 手当て)
  3. advance preparation (esp. 手当て)
tari
particle
  1. -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going") (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs)
  2. doing such things as... (used adverbially)
  3. expresses a command (as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the ren'youkei forms of a repeated verb)
auxiliary verb, irregular ru verb
  1. to be (from とあり, after a noun)
  2. indicates completion or continuation of an action (from 〜てあり, after the ren'youkei form of a verb)
shidai
noun, used as a suffix
  1. depending on (after a noun)
noun, used as a suffix, noun, adverb
  1. as soon as; immediately after; upon (after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand") (after the -masu stem of a verb)
noun
  1. order; program; programme; precedence
  2. circumstances; course of events; state of things
  3. reason
hon
noun
  1. book; volume; script
prefix
  1. this; present
  2. main; head
  3. real; regular
suffix, counter
  1. counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls (sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん)
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.
kau

Plain Past Indicative Form

katta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to buy; to purchase (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
  2. to value; to have a high opinion
  3. to stir; to provoke; to draw upon oneself

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