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かな
悲
しそうに
ほほえ
微笑
みながら、
かのじょ
彼女
は
はな
話
しはじめた。
Smiling sadly, she began to talk.
Grammar and points of interest
verb stem + はじめる verb stem + はじめる
 
begin to do
悲しそうに微笑みながら、彼女は話しはじめた。
ながら ながら
 
while doing
悲しそうに微笑みながら、彼女は話しはじめた。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
悲しそうに微笑みながら、彼女は話しはじめた。
Conjugations and inflections
  悲しそう is the そう form of 'i' adjective 悲しい   ALL INFLECTIONS
  微笑み is the stem form of 'mu' godan verb 微笑む   ALL INFLECTIONS
  話しはじめた is the past form of the はじめる form of 'su' godan verb 話す   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か な し い 0
sad; sorrowful
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ほ ほ え む 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to smile
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particle
1. while; during; as  (often written with kana only)
2. while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding  (see also: 我ながら; often written with kana only)
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か の じ ょ 1
pronoun
1. she; her
2. her
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は な す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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Kanji
悲
ヒ   かなしい sad   かなしむ to be sad   
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非
ヒ   mistake
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心
シン   こころ heart   
微
ビ   minute, slight
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彳
step
兀
one pair of legs
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
儿
legs
攵
ぼく strike   
山
サン   やま mountain   
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笑
ショウ   わらう to laugh   えむ to smile   
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⺮
bamboo
夭
calamity   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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