How to say he began his meal by drinking half a glass of ale. in Japanese
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彼彼(kare) (ok) that , or something understood without naming it directly)/that person/over there/hey/eh?/thatはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh食事食事(shokuji) (n) meal/to eatをを(wo) (prt) indicates direct object of action/indicates subject of causative expression/indicates an area traversed/indicates time over which action takes place/indicates point of departure or separation of action/indicates object of desire, like, hate,グラスグラス(gurasu) (n) glass/glass/glasses/grass半分半分(hanbun) (n-adv,n) halfのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates questionビールビール(biru) (gikun) beerをを(wo) (prt) indicates direct object of action/indicates subject of causative expression/indicates an area traversed/indicates time over which action takes place/indicates point of departure or separation of action/indicates object of desire, like, hate,飲む飲む(nomu) (v5m,vt) to drink/to gulp/to swallow/to smoke/to engulf/to overwhelm/to keep down/to suppress/to accept/to make light of/to concealことからことから(kotokara) (exp) from the fact that ...始め始め(hajime) (n-t,n-adv) beginning/start/outset/opening/first/origin/such as .../not to mention ...たた(ta) (aux-v) indicate past completed or action/indicates light imperative。。(。) Japanese period "."
