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なんとなく
ほんだ
本田
さんは
てんがいこどく
天涯孤独
の
み
身
であるような
き
気
がしていた
のだ。
I'd always vaguely thought that Honda-san was completely alone in the world.
Source: ねじまき鳥クロにカル(村上春樹)
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
な ん と な く 4
somehow or other; for some reason or another; vaguely  (often written with kana only)
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ほ ん で ん 0
noun
rice paddy
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: 様; 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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て ん が い こ ど く 0 て ん が い こ ど く 1
noun
a person without a single relative  (yojijukugo)
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み 0
noun
1. body
2. oneself
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
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Kanji
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
田
デン   た rice field   
天
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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涯
ガイ    shore, horizon, limit, bound   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
圭
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
厂
cliff
孤
コ    alone   
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孑
child   
瓜
カ   うり melon   
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厶
ム   private
爪
つめ    つま- claw; fingernail   
独
ドク   ひとり alone   
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犭
ケン   いぬ dog   
虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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身
シン   み body, person   
気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
⺄
second   おつ    
㐅
crossed swords
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