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Both of my parents were brought up in the country.
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Vocabulary list

watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
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
ryoushin
noun
  1. parents; both parents
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
futari
noun
  1. two persons; two people; pair; couple
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
nin
counter
  1. counter for people
tomo
particle
  1. certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
  2. even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although (usu. with volitional verb or adj. stem)
  3. without even; without so much as (with neg. verb)
  4. at the (least, earliest, etc.) (after an adverb)
expression
  1. also (called); also as
particle
  1. well (sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と)
inaka
noun
  1. rural area; countryside; the sticks
  2. hometown
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.)
sodatsu

Plain Past Indicative Form

sodatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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