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かれ
ついせきしゃ
追跡者
かお
かくにん
確認
しよう
はいご
背後
かえり
みた

He glanced back to see what the pursuer looked like.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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4
noun
pursuer
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0
noun
1. face; visage
2. look; expression; countenance
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0
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation; identification
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1
1. back; rear
2. background; behind the scenes
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4
Most common form: 顧る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around
2. to reflect on the past; to reconsider; to review
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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   
ツイ   お to pursue   
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two mouths
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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move
セキ   あと trace, tracks   
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また again; also   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
シャ   もの person, someone   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
old
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   
fur, bristles, beard   
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
カク   たし certain   たしかめる to make certain   
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crane; flying bird
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little bird
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cover; covered   
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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ニン   みとめる to recognize, to perceive, to approve of   
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ニン   しの to endure; lie hidden   しのばせる to conceal   
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ジン   は blade   
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dot   
トウ   かたな sword   
シン   こころ heart   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ハイ   せ the back   せい height   そむ to disobey   そむける to turn one's face away   
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ホク   きた north   
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さじ spoon   
left side   じょう    しょう    
ニク body part   
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うし behind   おくれる be late   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
go
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コ   かえりみる to reflect, to look back   
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コ   やと to employ   
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コ   と door   
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corpse
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