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ふふ
ふく
わら
いし
ながら
しまむら
島村
てのひら
ひろ
げて
その
うえ
かお
しあてた

With a soft, half-stifled laugh, she spread open Shimamura's palm and pressed her face against it.
Conjugations and inflections
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Names
しまむら   Shimamura   (place name, surname)  
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Words
noun
giggling sound; laugh; ha ha
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suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
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particle
1. while; during; as  (often written with kana only)
2. while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding  (see also: 我ながら; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 手のひら
noun
palm (of one's hand)
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Most common form: 広げる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden  (this meaning is restricted to form 広げる, 拡げる)
2. to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap
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conjunction
1. in addition; furthermore
2. above (which); on top of (which)
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noun
1. face; visage
2. look; expression; countenance
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Most common form: 押し当てる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to push (something) against
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Kanji
ガン   ふく to include, to contain   ふくめる to include, to add to   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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トウ   しま island   
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サン   やま mountain   
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reach
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ソン   むら village   
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スン   inch
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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stick   
ショウ    palm of the hand   
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シュ   hand   て    た-    
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
カク    broaden   
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コウ   ひろ broad   ひろがる    ひろまる to be wide open, spread out   ひろげる    ひろめる to open wide   
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ム   private
广
stony cliff
hand
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
ガン   かお face   
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ひこ boy (archaic)   
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standing on the cliff
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
cliff
fur, bristles, beard   
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
オウ   お to push   おさえる to check, to restrain   
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コウ   カン    #1, first; armor   
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