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ふと
いて
しょせい
書生
ない

Suddenly I became aware that the houseboy was no longer there.
Source: 吾輩は猫である夏目漱石
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0 1
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 気がつく
expression, 'ku' godan verb
1. to notice; to become aware; to perceive; to realize; to realise
2. to be scrupulous; to be attentive
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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0
noun
1. student who performs housework in exchange for meals and-or lodging
2. houseboy
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0
Most common form: いる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
キ   ケ    spirit   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
crossed swords
フ   つける to put in place, affix   つ to adhere to   
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スン   inch
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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
ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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   
キョ   い to exist, to be present   
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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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stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corpse
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