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かれ
ぶあつ
分厚
めがねかけた
こがら
小柄
ろうじん
老人
だった
He was a little old man with thick glasses.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
Most common form: 部厚い
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
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1
Most common form: 眼鏡
noun
1. spectacles; glasses
2. judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight  (this meaning is restricted to reading めがね)
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2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag)  (see also: 壁にかける; often written with kana only)
2. to sit  (see also: 腰を掛ける; often written with kana only)
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0 1
1. small build; small stature; petite  (opposite: 大柄)
2. small pattern  (opposite: 大柄)
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0
the aged; old person
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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   
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
コウ   あつ thick   
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シ   ス   こ child   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ヘイ   え    がら pattern, design   
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ヘイ    #3, 3rd   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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wide
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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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ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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old
さじ spoon   
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