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まあまあなんて
ほそ
こし
かお
ちい
さくて
ほんとう
本当
にんぎょう
人形
さんみたい
My what a narrow waist! Her face is small, she really looks just like a doll!
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now  (when urging or consoling)
2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
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1
noun or verb acting prenominally, adverb
1. how ..!; what ..!  (often written with kana only)
2. what (questioning)
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2
1. thin; slender; fine
2. unlucky (billiards slang)  (slang)
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0
noun
1. back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region
2. body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring  (usu. コシ)
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0
noun
1. face; visage
2. look; expression; countenance
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3
small; little; tiny
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0
really; truly
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0
noun
doll; puppet; figure
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling  (colloquialism)
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Kanji
サイ   ほそ thin   ほそ to get thin, taper off   こま    こまかい detailed, fine   
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シ   いと thread   
デン   た rice field   
ヨウ   loins; waist   こし loins, waist, hips   
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ニク body part   
ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
west
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   
cliff
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
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ホン   book   もと origin   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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small
yo = to yell / say hi
ケイ   ギョウ   shape   かたち    かた    
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start, initiate   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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