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かれ
かこ
過去
くる
しい
せいかつ
生活
もくそう
黙想
した

He meditated on how he had suffered in the past.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. the past; bygone days; the previous
2. a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past
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3
1. painful; difficult; agonizing
2. needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances)  (see also: 苦しい懐)
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0
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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0
meditation; silent contemplation
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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   
カ   あやま mistake   あやま to slip up   すぎる to overdo, be more than   すごす to pass, spend   
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gossip; dishonest   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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move
キョ   コ   さ leave   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ク   くるしい painful   くるしむ to suffer   くるしめる to torment   にが bitter   にが to feel bitter   
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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   
grass   
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
スイ   みず water   
モク   silent   だま to remain silent   
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リ   さと village   
ケン   いぬ dog   
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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   
dot   
fire
ソウ   ソ    idea, thought   
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シン   こころ heart   
ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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