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きゅうしき
旧式
きかんしゃ
機関車
その
どうろ
道路
まんなか
真中
ちはだかって
いぼれ
ぜんそく
喘息
みたいにゼーゼー
しろ
いき
いている

An old-fashioned locomotive stood still in the middle of the intersection and was wheezing white steam, as if suffering from old-age asthma.
Source: いやな感じ高見順
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
いやな
かん
じ  #117 - The middle of nowhere. by
たかみじゅん
高見順
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
old type; old style
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2
noun
locomotive; engine
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1
noun
road; highway
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0
Most common form: 真ん中
noun
middle; centre; center; mid-way
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5 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block one's way; to obstruct (progress etc.)
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0
noun
1. dotage
2. feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dodderer
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0
asthma; phthisis
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1
to fall ill; to be ill
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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling  (colloquialism)
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Most common form: ぜいぜい
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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2
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1
Most common form: いき
noun
1. breath; breathing
2. tone; mood  (see also: 息が合う)
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1
Most common form: はく
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to vomit; to throw up; to spit up
2. to emit; to send forth; to breathe out
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Kanji
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キュウ    former, old   
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シキ    ceremony, method, style   
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キ    machine   はた loom   
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カン   せき barrier   かかわる to be connected   
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シャ   くるま car   
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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ロ   -じ street   
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シン   truth   ま exactly; deep   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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あえ gasp, breathe hard, suffer   
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ソク   いき breath   
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ヘイ   ビョウ   やまい illness   や to fall ill   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ト   は to spit, vomit   
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