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しんゆう
親友
よめい
余命
みじか
わたし
あんるい
暗涙
むせ
びました

I cried in secret when I found out my close friend had only a short time to live.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
close friend; bosom (old, intimate) friend; buddy; crony; chum
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noun
remainder of one's life; one's remaining years
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noun
brevity; shortness
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
2. to notice; to feel
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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expression, 'bu' godan verb
to shed silent tears
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Kanji
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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stand in the tree
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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   
stick   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
また again   
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
katakana 'ha'; eight
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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assembly, gathering   
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たた to strike, beat, hit   
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seal
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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タン   みじか short   
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トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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grass   
シ   や arrow   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
チ   し to know   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
アン   くら dark   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ルイ   なみだ tears   
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スイ   みず water   
レイ   もど to return   もど to send back   
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コ   と door   
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corpse
イン    to choke   
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イン   cause   よ to depend on   
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box, enclosure   
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