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かのじょ
彼女
は
ま
待
っている
あいだ
間
ざっし
雑誌
を
よ
読
んで
ひま
暇
を
つぶ
潰
した。
While waiting, she killed time by reading a magazine.
Conjugations and inflections
  待っている is the progressive form of 'tsu' godan verb 待つ   ALL INFLECTIONS
  読んで is the te form of 'mu' godan verb 読む   ALL INFLECTIONS
  暇を潰した is the past form of 'su' godan verb 暇を潰す   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
か の じ ょ 1
pronoun
1. she; her
2. her
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ま つ 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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あ い だ 0
noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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ざ っ し 0
noun
journal; magazine; periodical
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よ む 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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ひ ま を つ ぶ す 0
Most common form: 暇をつぶす
expression, 'su' godan verb
to waste time; to kill time
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
待
タイ   まつ to wait   
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寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
門
モン   かど gate   
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雑
ザツ   ゾウ    miscellaneous   
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隹
little bird
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九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
誌
シ    document   
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志
シ   こころざす to plan, to intend   こころざし good intention   
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士
シ   samurai
心
シン   こころ heart   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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㓁
net
暇
カ   ひま free time   
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叚
Ko with the striped corpse again
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コ
katakana 'ko'
尸
corpse
潰
カイ   つぶす to destroy   つぶれる to be destroyed   
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貴
キ   たっとい    とうとい precious, valuable   たっとぶ    とうとぶ value, esteem, respect   
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中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
氵
スイ   みず water   
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