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かれ
しょくたく
食卓
ほほづえ
頬杖
いて
すわ
っていた

He sat at the dining table with his chin resting in his hand.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
dining table
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Most common form: 頬杖をつく
expression, 'ku' godan verb
to rest one's chin in one's hands
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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   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ほお cheek   
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between
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eight
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ジョウ   つえ cane, walking stick   
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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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ジョウ   たけ stature, length   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
stretch
トツ   つ to poke   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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roof   
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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