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イントネーションからして
しょうじょ
少女
じだい
時代
スペイン
ごけん
語圏
んでいた
おも
われる

You can tell by her intonation that she lived in a Spanish-speaking country when she was young.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
intonation
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expression
1. even; for starters
2. so; therefore  (emphatic form of から)
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noun
1. little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
2. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading しょうじょ; this meaning is restricted to form 少女)
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0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), noun
1. period; epoch; era; age
2. the times; those days
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noun
Spanish-speaking world; Spanish-speaking countries
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'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
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expression, ichidan verb
be considered; be deemed; thought to be
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Kanji
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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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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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
ケン    range, sphere, circle   
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カン   roll up   ま to roll (up)   まき roll, reel, volume   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
relation
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eight
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
box, enclosure   
ジュウ   す to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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dot   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
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