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かれ
けんそん
謙遜
ぶった
ようす
様子
して
まんぞく
満足
そう
てんじょう
天井
つめていた

Pretending to adopt a modest air, he gazed complacently at the ceiling.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
humble; humility; modesty; being humble
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1
1. assuming the air of ...; behaving like ...  (often written with kana only)
2. to put on airs; to be self-important  (colloquialism; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. state; state of affairs; situation; circumstances
2. appearance; look; aspect
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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1
1. satisfaction; contentment; complacency  (see also: 不満, 不満足)
2. sufficient; enough; adequate; proper  (opposite: 不足)
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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0
noun
ceiling; ceiling price
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0 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
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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   
ケン    self-effacing   
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ケン   double   かねる to be unable to; to double up as   
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grain
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ソン    humble, modest   
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ソン   まご grandchild   
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ケイ    system; lineage   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   いと thread   
child   
move
ヨウ   さま Mr / Mrs   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
スイ   みず water   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
シ   ス   こ child   
マン   full   みちる to become full   みたす to fill, fulfill   
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リョウ    both   
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サン   やま mountain   
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wide
grass   
スイ   みず water   
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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セイ   ショウ   い a well   
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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