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きれい
綺麗
められて
その
しょうじょ
少女
はにか
含羞
んで
うつむいた
Complimented on her beautiful eyes, the girl looked down shyly.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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1
Most common form: きれい
1. pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair  (often written with kana only)
2. clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat  (often written with kana only)
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2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to praise; to admire; to speak well of someone
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1
noun
1. little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
2. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading しょうじょ; this meaning is restricted to form 少女)
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3
Most common form: はにかむ
to be shy; to be bashful  (often written with kana only)
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to hang one's head in shame; to look downward; to cast one's eyes down  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
キ    beautiful   
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キ    strange, curious   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シ   いと thread   
レイ   うるわしい lovely, fine   
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鹿
しか deer   か    
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ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
west
广
stony cliff
paws
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wide
dot   
ホウ   ほめる to praise   
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ホ   たも to protect, safeguard   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ホウ   ボウ   amazed   あきれる to be amazed   ほうける    ほけ    ぼける to be befuddled or slow; to go senile   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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stick   
イ   ころも clothes   
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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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katakana fu   
シュウ ashamed   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
うし sign of the cow   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
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