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かれ
はにかみや
含羞屋
あなた
いたい
ちょくせつ
直接
ことができないのであなた
つた
えて
たの
まれました

He is very shy and can't tell you directly that he wants to see you, so he asked me to tell you.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
Most common form: はにかみや
noun
bashful person; very shy person
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2
1. you (referring to someone of equal or lower status)  (貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
2. dear (what a wife calls a husband)
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1
Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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0
'na' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), 'no' adjective
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand  (see also: 間接)
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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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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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
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2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to request; to beg; to ask
2. to call; to order; to reserve
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
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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シュウ ashamed   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
うし sign of the cow   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
オク   や roof   
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corpse
シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   なお to correct   なお to be cured   ただちに immediately   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
セツ   つ to join, contact, touch   
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hand
standing woman
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つた to go along   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ライ   たよ to rely (on)   たのもしい reliable   たの to ask(for), entrust   
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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
ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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