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Our meeting was purely accidental.
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bokutachi
pronoun
  1. we
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boku
pronoun
  1. I; me
  2. you (when addressing young boys)
  3. manservant
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tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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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)
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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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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
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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mattaku
adverb, no adjective
  1. really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
  2. indeed
interjection
  1. good grief (expression of exasperation)
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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
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guuzen
noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity
adverb
  1. by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally
noun
  1. contingency (philosophy)
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da

Polite Past Indicative Form

deshita
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
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