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ちゅうい
中尉
かお
さし
して
たんねん
丹念
ひげ
った

Thrusting his face (toward the mirror), the lieutenant shaved with care.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
1
noun
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
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0
noun
1. face; visage
2. look; expression; countenance
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3 0
Most common form: 差出す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
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1
assiduity; diligence; application
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Most common form: ヒゲ
noun
1. moustache; beard; whiskers  (see also: 口髭, 顎鬚, 頬髯; in careful usage 髭 for moustache, 鬚 for beard, 髯 for (cheek) whiskers; often written with kana only)
2. extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to shave
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Kanji
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
イ    military officer   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
スン   inch
corpse
ガン   かお face   
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ひこ boy (archaic)   
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standing on the cliff
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
cliff
fur, bristles, beard   
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
タン   rust; vermilion
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wide
dot   
ネン    idea, thought   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
シン   こころ heart   
ひげ beard, mustache   
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シ   これ    この this   ここ here   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
さじ spoon   
hair
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チョウ   なが long   
テイ   そ to shave   
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ダイ   テイ   デ   おとうと younger brother   
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チョウ    mourning   とむら to mourn, condole   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
eight
トウ   かたな sword   
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