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かれ
彼
は
あご
顎
を
かたて
片手
にもたせて
しょくたく
食卓
に
ひじ
肘
を
つ
突
いて
すわ
座
っていた
。
He sat at the dining table with his chin resting in one hand.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
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あ ご 2
chin; jaw  (often written with kana only)
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か た て 0
one hand
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to lean (something) against; to set against; to prop up against  (see also: もたせ掛ける; often written with kana only)
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し ょ く た く 0
dining table
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ひ じ 0
noun
elbow
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to prick; to stab
2. to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
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す わ る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sit; to squat
2. to assume (a position)
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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   
顎
ガク   あご chin   
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頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
咢
reach the one with two mouths
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丂
reach
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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片
ヘン   right side   かた- one of two   
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手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
卓
タク    superior; table   
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卜
divining rod
早
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はやい early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
肘
ひじ elbow   
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⺼
ニク body part   
寸
スン   inch
突
トツ   つく to poke   
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穴
ケツ   あな hole   
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宀
roof   
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
座
ザ   すわる to sit   
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坐
ザ   すわる to sit   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
广
stony cliff
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