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メアリー
こども
子供
ころ
かのじょ
彼女
いえ
とても
びんぼう
貧乏
だった
When Mary was a child, her family was dirt poor.
Words
0
noun
child; children
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1
Most common form: ころ
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward  (ごろ when used as a suffix; often written with kana only)
2. suitable time (or condition)  (see also: 食べ頃)
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1
pronoun
1. she; her
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2
noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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0 3
1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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poverty; destitute; poor
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
ころ time   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
かい shellfish   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
さじ spoon   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
ヒン   ビン   まずしい poor   
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ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
ボウ   とぼしい poor, scanty   
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シン   こ    の of   
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