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かあ
さん
わたし
かわいらしい
にんぎょう
人形
ってくださいました

Mom bought a pretty doll for me.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
noun
mother  (see also: 母さん; honorific)
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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Most common form: 可愛らしい
lovely; sweet
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prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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noun
doll; puppet; figure
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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to buy; to purchase  (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
2. to value; to have a high opinion
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Kanji
ボ   はは mother   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ケイ   ギョウ   shape   かたち    かた    
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start, initiate   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
fur, bristles, beard   
バイ   か to buy   
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net
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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