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かのじょ
彼女
とお
すれ
ちが
とき
わたし
ほほえ
微笑
みかけた

She smiled at me as she passed me in the street.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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3 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. avenue; street; way; road
2. coming and going; street traffic
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4 0
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to pass by one another; to disagree; to miss each other
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2
Most common form: ときに
conjunction
1. by the way; incidentally
2. sometimes; occasionally; on occasion
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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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3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to smile
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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   
ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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use your ma
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
move
イ   different   ちが to be different   ちがえる to change, alter, vary   
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イ    tanned leather   
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wheel around
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ビ   minute, slight
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one pair of legs
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
legs
ぼく strike   
サン   やま mountain   
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ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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