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まよ
迷
っている
あいだ
間
にも、どんどん
ふくろこうじ
袋小路
に
お
追
いつめられていく
みたい。
Even while I was dithering it's like I was being backed further and further into a corner.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
ま よ う 2
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lose one's way  (see also: 道に迷う)
2. to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed  (see also: 迷い)
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あ い だ 0
noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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ど ん ど ん 1
1. drumming (noise)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. rapidly; steadily
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ふ く ろ こ う じ 4
noun
blind alley; cul-de-sac; impasse; dead-end (street)
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お い つ め る 4
Most common form: 追い詰める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling  (colloquialism)
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Kanji
迷
メイ   perplexed   まよう to be perplexed   
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米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
⻌
move
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
門
モン   かど gate   
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袋
タイ   ふくろ a sack   
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代
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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弋
shoot
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
衣
イ   ころも clothes   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
路
ロ   -じ street   
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各
カク   each; every   おのおの each   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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夂
go
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⻊
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
追
ツイ   おう to pursue   
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two mouths
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