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アランテイートさん
わたし
しばらく
あいだ
たが
つめ
った

Alan Tate and I looked at one another for a while.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
1
noun
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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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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2
1. little while; short while; moment; instant  (often written with kana only)
2. a while; quite a time  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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0
noun
mutual; reciprocal; each other  (polite (teineigo) language)
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0 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
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Kanji
なかぐろ middle dot   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
モン   かど gate   
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ゴ   たが mutual, reciprocal   
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
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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