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メアリー
どくしょ
読書
しており
いっぴき
1匹
ねこ
かたわら
ねむ
っていた

Mary was reading, with a cat sleeping beside her.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
reading
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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4
Most common form: 一匹
noun
1. one animal (small)
2. two-tan bolt of cloth  (archaic)
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noun
1. cat
2. shamisen
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0 4
Most common form:
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. side; edge; beside; besides; nearby  (see also: 傍らに)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
2. while (doing); in addition to; at the same time  (often written with kana only)
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sleep (not necessarily lying down)  (see also: 寝る)
2. to die
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Kanji
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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シ   samurai
net
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒツ   ひき counter for animals   
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legs
side open box
ビョウ   ねこ cat   
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ビョウ   なわ-    なえ seedling   
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grass   
デン   た rice field   
ケン   いぬ dog   
ミン   ねむ to sleep   ねむ sleepy   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ミン   たみ people   
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