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まよ
っている
あいだ
どんどん
ふくろこうじ
袋小路
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
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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0
noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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1
1. drumming (noise)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. rapidly; steadily
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4
noun
blind alley; cul-de-sac; impasse; dead-end (street)
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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
メイ   perplexed   まよ to be perplexed   
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
move
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
モン   かど gate   
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タイ   ふくろ a sack   
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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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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イ   ころも clothes   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ロ   -じ street   
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カク   each; every   おのおの each   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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go
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
ツイ   お to pursue   
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two mouths
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