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かのじょ
彼女
おっと
みは
見張
ため
しりつ
私立
たんてい
探偵
やと
った

She employed a private detective to keep a watch on her husband.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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0
noun
husband  (see also: 良人)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out  (this meaning is restricted to form 見張る, 見はる, みはる)
2. to open one's eyes wide  (see also: 目を見張る)
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noun
1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare  (see also: 為に; often written with kana only)
2. sake; purpose; objective; aim  (often written with kana only)
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1
private (establishment)  (see also: 市立; わたくしりつ spoken to avoid confusion with 市立)
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0
detective; sleuth; investigator
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to employ
2. to hire; to charter
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Kanji
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   
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
チョウ   は to stretch   
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チョウ   なが long   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
タン   さぐ to grope for   さが to search for   
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hand
net in the tree
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net
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
テイ    spy   
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テイ    upright   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
divining rod
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コ   やと to employ   
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little bird
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コ   と door   
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corpse
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