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かれ
いそが
しい
おも
った
それどころか
ひま
だった
I thought he was busy, but on the contrary he was idle.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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4
busy; hectic; occupied; engaged
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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3
Most common form: 其れ所か
expression
on the contrary  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. spare time; free time; leisure
noun
2. time (e.g. time it takes to do something)  (this meaning is restricted to reading ひま, ヒマ)
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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   
ボウ   いそがしい busy   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
heart
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
カ   ひま free time   
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Ko with the striped corpse again
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katakana 'ko'
corpse
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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