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かのじょ
彼女
ひさしがわりにしてじっと
くも
ていた

Using her hand as a visor, she stared at the clouds.
Source: 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド村上 春樹
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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1
noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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1
noun
1. eaves (of roof)  (architecture term; often written with kana only)
2. narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building  (architecture term)
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Most common form: 代わり
suffix
substitute for ...
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1. to decide (on something)
2. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
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0 3
1. motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still  (じーっと is more emphatic. 凝乎と is rare.; onomatopoeic or mimetic word; often written with kana only)
2. fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think)  (often written with kana only)
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1
noun
cloud
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1
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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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
ウン   くも cloud   
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フ   あめ rain   
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ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
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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