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かのじょ
彼女
っている
あいだ
ざっし
雑誌
んで
ひま
つぶ
した

While waiting, she killed time by reading a magazine.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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1
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
1. to wait  (this meaning is restricted to form 待つ)
2. to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
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0
noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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0
noun
journal; magazine; periodical
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1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to read
2. to count  (see also: さばを読む; now mostly used in idioms)
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0
Most common form: 暇をつぶす
expression, 'su' godan verb
to waste time; to kill time
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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   
タイ   ま to wait   
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ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
モン   かど gate   
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ザツ   ゾウ    miscellaneous   
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little bird
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
シ    document   
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シ   こころざ to plan, to intend   こころざし good intention   
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シ   samurai
シン   こころ heart   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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net
カ   ひま free time   
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Ko with the striped corpse again
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katakana 'ko'
corpse
カイ   つぶ to destroy   つぶれる to be destroyed   
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キ   たっと    とうと precious, valuable   たっと    とうと value, esteem, respect   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
スイ   みず water   
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