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せつ
ない
くらい
さっきん
殺菌
された
バックグラウンドミュージック
ともなく
きました

Without really listening I heard the painfully sterile background music.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
1. painful; heartrending; trying
2. oppressive; suffocating; miserable
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3
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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0
sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection
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5
noun
background
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0
Most common form: 中黒
noun
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
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1
noun
music
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0
Most common form: 聞く
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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expression
phrase used to express the uncertainty or lack of intent in what precedes it  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
セツ   サイ   き to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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シチ   なな    なな    なの seven   
トウ   かたな sword   
サツ   サイ   セツ   ころ to kill   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
crossed swords
lance shaft   
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キ    table   
また again   
キン    germ, bacteria; fungus, spore   
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granary   
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grain
box, enclosure   
grass   
なかぐろ middle dot   
チョウ   き to listen   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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net
シン   こころ heart   
ジ   みみ ear   
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