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もう
すこ
少
し
はな
話
したい
、と
おも
思
う
ところで
いっぽ
一歩
ひいてみることで、
あいて
相手
が
い
言
おう
とすることを
ひ
引
き
だ
出
す
ことができるのである。
By stepping back at the moment when they feel like speaking a little more, it is possible to draw out what the other person wants to say.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
も う す こ し 4
expression
a bit more; a bit longer
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は な す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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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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と こ ろ で 3
conjunction
1. by the way; incidentally  (often written with kana only)
2. even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)  (after the plain past form of a verb)
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い っ ぽ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. (a) step
2. level; stage
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ひ く 0
Most common form: 引く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to pull
2. to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.)  (see also: 注意を引く)
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こ と 2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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あ い て 3
noun
1. companion; partner; company
2. other party; addressee
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い う 0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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1. to try to ...; to be about to do ...  (after the volitional form of verb)
2. to decide to ...  (after the dictionary form of verb)
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ひ き だ す 3
Most common form: 引出す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to pull out; to take out; to draw out; to withdraw
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expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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Kanji
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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思
シ   おもう to think   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
田
デン   た rice field   
歩
ホ   フ   ブ   あるく    あゆむ to walk   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
相
ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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   
手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
引
イン   ひく to pull   ひける to be over   
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弓
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
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