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かれ
わたし
えんぜつ
演説
しゅこう
首肯
ながら
ってくれた

He nodded as he listened attentively to my speech.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0
speech; address
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0
assent; consent
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particle
1. while; during; as  (often written with kana only)
2. while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding  (see also: 我ながら; often written with kana only)
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3
Most common form: 聴きいる
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
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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   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
エン    performance, play   
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とら tiger; sign of the tiger   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
roof   
スイ   みず water   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
コウ    agreement   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジ   みみ ear   
モン   かど gate   
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ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
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