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かのじょ
彼女
あしど
足取
ようせい
妖精
ように
かろ
やか
だった
Her footsteps were as light as a fairy's.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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0 4 3
noun
1. gait; walk; stride; pace; step; manner of walking
2. trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail; movements
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0
fairy; sprite; elf
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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2
light; easy; non-serious; minor
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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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   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
ヨウ    bewitching   あやしい suspicious-looking, dubious   
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calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
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   
セイ   ショウ    vitality, spirit, energy; essence   
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セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ケイ   かる light   かろやか graceful   
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シャ   くるま car   
ground again
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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