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かのじょ
彼女
は
あい
愛
を
せつぼう
切望
していた。
She was greedy for love.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼女は愛を切望していた。
Conjugations and inflections
  切望していた is the past form of the progressive form of 'suru' verb 切望   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か の じ ょ 1
pronoun
1. she; her
2. her
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あ い 1
Most common form: あい
noun, noun (suffix)
1. love; affection; care  (see also: 愛する)
noun
2. attachment; craving; desire  (Buddhist term)
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せ つ ぼ う 0
longing for; earnest desire; desperate desire; hope; yearning; hankering
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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   
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
愛
アイ    love   
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夂
go
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冖
cover; covered   
心
シン   こころ heart   
⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
切
セツ   サイ   きる to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
望
ボウ   モウ   のぞむ to wish for   
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亡
ボウ   モウ   dead   ない to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
亠
lid
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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