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こども
子供
はだし
跣足
なが
いし
ころ
おお
みち
とぼとぼ
ある
かなければならなかった
のでした
The child had to trudge along the long, pebbly road barefoot.
Source: 長ぐつの話 小川未明, translation by Bunsuke)
Readings
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なが
ぐつの
はなし
  #215 - A child on the streets. by
おがわみめい
小川未明
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Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
child; children
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0
Most common form: 裸足
1. barefoot
noun (suffix)
2. superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)  (this meaning is restricted to reading はだし)
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2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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0
Most common form: 石塊
noun
stone; rock; pebble
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1 2
many; numerous
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
2. distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways")
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1
totteringly; trudgingly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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Kanji
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
bare footed
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
チョウ   なが long   
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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タ   おお many   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
move
ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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