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もしかしたら
っている
ほん
かもしれない
おも
って
ほんだな
本棚
さが
してみたら
やっぱりありました
Thinking it might be a book I already own, I searched my bookshelf, and indeed, it was there.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
expression, adverb
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance  (often written with kana only)
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1
1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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1
noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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1 0
expression
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly  (often written with kana only)
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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1
noun
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
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0 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to search (for something desired, needed); to look for  (esp. 探す)
2. to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)  (esp. 捜す)
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3
1. too; also; likewise; either  (see also: 矢張り; often written with kana only)
2. still; as before  (see also: 矢張り; often written with kana only)
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ジ   も to hold, to have   
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hand
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
たな shelf   
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ホウ   とも friend   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
タン   さぐ to grope for   さが to search for   
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net in the tree
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net
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