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そのおびえた
しょうねん
少年
しんぞう
心臓
きょうふ
恐怖
どきどき
っていた

The frightened boy's heart palpitated with terror.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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Most common form: 怯える
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
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noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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1. heart  (anatomical term)
2. guts; nerve; cheek; gall; spine
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fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic
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Most common form: ドキドキ
1. thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; pitapat; pitter-patter  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound; to palpitate  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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Most common form: うつ
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound  (also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ)
2. to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
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Kanji
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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シン   こころ heart   
ゾウ    entrails   
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ゾウ   くら storehouse   
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モ    overgrown   しげ to grow thickly   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
grass   
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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ニク body part   
キョウ   おそれる to fear, be afraid of   おそろしい terrible, dreadful   
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ハン   ボン    simple, mediocre   
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キ    table   
dot   
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
フ   こわ frightening   
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フ   ぬの cloth   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
キン   turban; cloth
heart
ダ   う to strike   
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hand
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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