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なんとなく
ほんだ
本田
さん
てんがいこどく
天涯孤独
であるような
がしていた

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
4
somehow or other; for some reason or another; vaguely  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
rice paddy
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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
noun
a person without a single relative  (yojijukugo)
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0
noun
1. body
2. oneself
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3
be; is  (see also: , 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
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
デン   た rice field   
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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ガイ    shore, horizon, limit, bound   
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スイ   みず water   
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
cliff
コ    alone   
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child   
カ   うり melon   
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ム   private
つめ    つま- claw; fingernail   
ドク   ひと alone   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
チュウ   むし insect   
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dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シン   み body, person   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
crossed swords
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