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ベル
なが
ここいさせればやじゅうおこってベル
べる
でしょうじゃあやさしいふりをしてベルひきとめましょう
'If we make Belle stay here, then the Beast will get angry and eat her up. So let's pretend to be nice and stop her from leaving.'
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
びじょう
美城
やじゅう
野獣
  Beauty and the Beast by Sasaki Ari
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Names
ベル   Belle   (female given name)  
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Words
2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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0
noun
1. here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place  (see also: 何処, 其処, 彼処; often written with kana only)
2. these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker)  (see also: 今迄)
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 野獣
beast; monster; wild animal
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2
Most common form: 怒る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get angry; to get mad
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to tell someone off; to scold  (this meaning is restricted to reading おこる)
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2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat
2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: だろう; polite (teineigo) language)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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0
Most common form: じゃ
conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
1. then; well; so; well then  (see also: では)
2. combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles  (see also: , )
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0 3
Most common form: 優しい
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
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to pretend  (see also: 知らない振り, 振り; often written with kana only)
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4
Most common form: 引止める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to detain; to check; to restrain
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Kanji
チョウ   なが long   
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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