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かれ
しょうけい
憧憬
もって
ふるさと
故郷
そら
なが
めていた

He looked at the sky of his hometown with wistful eyes.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
longing; aspiration
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1
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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1
conjunction, expression
1. with; by  (often written with kana only)
2. by means of; because; in view of  (often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: ふるさと
noun
1. home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home  (often written with kana only)
2. ruins; historic remains  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ふるさと)
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1
noun
1. sky; the air; the heavens
2. weather
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to view; to gaze at
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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   
ショウ   あこがれる to yearn for, long for   
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ドウ   わらべ a child   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
リ   さと village   
heart
ケイ   yearn for
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ケイ   scenery
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ぼく strike   
キョウ   ゴウ   hometown
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short, tiny   
ロウ    husband, man   
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リョウ   よ good   
おおざと group, community, large village   
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クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
チョウ   ながめる to watch, gaze at   
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チョウ   きざ sign, indication   きざ to show signs (of)   
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スイ   みず water   
legs
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