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Usages of mukasi
子供 の ころ 読んだ 小説 を 読み返す と、 昔 は 想像 できなかった 感情 が 分かる よう に なって いて、 少し 大人 に なった 気 が します。kodomo no koro yonda syousetu wo yomikaesu to, mukasi ha souzou dekinakatta kanzyou ga wakaru you ni natte ite, sukosi otona ni natta ki ga simasu.
When I reread novels I read as a child, I feel a bit more grown-up, because I can now understand emotions I couldn’t imagine before.
昔 の 私 は 日本語 が 全然 分かりません でした。mukasi no watasi ha nihongo ga zenzen wakarimasen desita.
In the past, I couldn’t understand Japanese at all.
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nikkiitigyounikki ni itigyou dake kansya no kotoba wo kakimasita.kakukoto ni surukonya ha nikki ni kyou no kibun wo nihongo de kakukoto ni suru.atarasii nikki wo katte, maiban nihongo de itigyou dake kakukoto ni simasita.kanzyounikki ni sono hi no kanzyou wo mizikaku kaku to, zibun no kimoti ga sukosi wakatte kimasu.
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