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その
みせ
わたし
ようじ
用事
いてくれる
ひと
ひとり
一人
いなかった
There was no one in the shop to wait on me.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
noun
store; shop; establishment; restaurant  (orig. an abbr. of 店棚, 見世棚)
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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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0
noun
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
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0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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2
noun
1. one person  (esp. 一人)
2. alone; unmarried; solitary  (esp. 独り; this meaning is restricted to reading ひとり)
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
テン   みせ shop   
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セン   しめる to occupy, hold   うらな to tell fortunes   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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divining rod
广
stony cliff
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジ   みみ ear   
モン   かど gate   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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