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もしかしたら
も
持
っている
ほん
本
かもしれないと
おも
思
って
ほんだな
本棚
を
さが
探
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.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
も し か し た ら 1
expression, adverb
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance  (often written with kana only)
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も つ 1
1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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ほ ん 1
noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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か も し れ な い 1 か も し れ な い 0
expression
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly  (often written with kana only)
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お も う 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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ほ ん だ な 1
noun
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
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さ が す 0 さ が す 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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や っ ぱ り 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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あ る 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
持
ジ   もつ to hold, to have   
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扌
hand
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
丨
stick   
思
シ   おもう to think   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
田
デン   た rice field   
棚
たな shelf   
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朋
ホウ   とも friend   
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月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
探
タン   さぐる to grope for   さがす to search for   
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罙
net in the tree
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㓁
net
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