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テニスシューズ
よけい
余計
きたな
うらぶれて
えた

My tennis shoes seemed excessively dirty and shabby.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
tennis
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1
noun
shoes
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0
1. too many; too much; excessive; superfluous; superabundant; extra; spare; surplus  (often as 余計に)
2. unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; otiose
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3
1. dirty; filthy; foul; unclean
2. disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting)
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0 4
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
2. to look; to seem; to appear
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Kanji
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
katakana 'ha'; eight
ケイ   はからう to arrange   はか to measure, compute   
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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   
stick   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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オ   きたな dirty   けが to defile, stain   けがれる to be defiled   けがらわしい dirty, defiled   よご to make dirty   よごれる to be dirty   
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reach
スイ   みず water   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
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