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かれ
ねむ
っている
ようだった
ほんとう
本当
んでいた

He looked asleep, but he was really dead.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sleep (not necessarily lying down)  (see also: 寝る)
2. to die
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1
Most common form:
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: )
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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0
1. truth; reality; actuality; fact
2. proper; right; correct; official
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0
godan verb, irregular nu verb, intransitive verb
1. to die; to pass away  (sensitive)
2. to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
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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   
ミン   ねむ to sleep   ねむ sleepy   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ミン   たみ people   
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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   
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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small
yo = to yell / say hi
シ   death   し die   
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death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
さじ spoon   
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