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もし
しごと
仕事
なく
ひま
なら
わたし
これら
ほん
める

Were I free from work, I could read these books.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
if; in case; supposing  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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0
1. spare time; free time; leisure
noun
2. time (e.g. time it takes to do something)  (this meaning is restricted to reading ひま, ヒマ)
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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2
these  (often written with kana only)
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1
noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to read
2. to count  (see also: さばを読む; now mostly used in idioms)
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Kanji
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   samurai
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
カ   ひま free time   
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Ko with the striped corpse again
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katakana 'ko'
corpse
また again   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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net
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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