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かれ
あご
かたて
片手
もたせて
しょくたく
食卓
ひじ
いて
すわ
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
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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2
chin; jaw  (often written with kana only)
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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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0
dining table
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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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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sit; to squat
2. to assume (a position)
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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   
ガク   あご chin   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
reach the one with two mouths
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reach
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ヘン   right side   かた- one of two   
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シュ   hand   て    た-    
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
タク    superior; table   
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divining rod
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ひじ elbow   
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ニク body part   
スン   inch
トツ   つ to poke   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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roof   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ザ   すわ to sit   
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ザ   すわ to sit   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
广
stony cliff
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