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Walking along the street, I met an old friend.
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Vocabulary list

toori
adverb, noun
  1. avenue; street; way; road
  2. coming and going; street traffic
  3. flow (of water, air, etc.)
  4. transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
  5. fame; reputation; popularity
  6. the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said)
  7. understanding; comprehension
counter
  1. counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types
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.
aruku

Conditional Present Indicative Form

aruitara
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to walk
mukashi
no adjective, noun, adverb
  1. olden days; former
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
tomodachi
noun
  1. friend; companion
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
deau

Plain Past Indicative Form

deatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon (出遭う usu. has a negative connotation)
  2. to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) (esp. 出合う)
  3. to emerge and engage (an enemy) (often used imperatively as 出会え)

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