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かれ
彼
はスリの
えりくび
襟首
を
つか
掴
んだ。
He seized the pickpocket by the nape of the neck.
Conjugations and inflections
  襟首を掴んだ is the past form of 'mu' godan verb 襟首を掴む   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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Most common form: すり
noun
pickpocket  (often written with kana only)
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
襟
キン   えり collar   
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禁
キン    prohibition   
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示
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
林
リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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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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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
衤
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
首
シュ   くび neck; head   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
䒑
grass   
掴
つかまる to be caught   つかむ    つかまえる to catch   
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扌
hand
国
コク   くに country   
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玉
ギョク   たま jewel   
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王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
囗
box, enclosure   
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