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かのじょ
彼女
わたし
そしてその
きつく
にぎ
めた

She took hold of my hand and held it tightly.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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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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1
noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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2 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal
noun
2. last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
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0 3
conjunction
and; and then; thus; and now  (often written with kana only)
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0 2
1. intense; severe; hard  (sometimes written 緊い)
2. determined; forceful; formidable
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5
Most common form: 握りしめる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to grasp tightly
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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   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
シュ   hand   て    た-    
シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
アク   にぎ to grasp   
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hand
オク   や roof   
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corpse
シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
テイ   しめる to close; to fasten   しまる to be closed   
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テイ    sovereign   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
シ   いと thread   
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