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かれ
彼
は
うちき
内気
で、
ひとまえ
人前
で
はな
話
す
こと
事
は
くつう
苦痛
だった。
His shyness made public speaking a torment to him.
Conjugations and inflections
  話す is the plain form of 'su' godan verb 話す   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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う ち き 0
bashfulness; shyness; reserve; timidity
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ひ と ま え 0
noun
the public; company
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は な す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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こ と 2
Most common form: こと
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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く つ う 0
pain; agony; bitterness
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expression
was  (see also: だ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
内
ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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冂
wide
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
⺄
second   おつ    
㐅
crossed swords
前
ゼン   まえ before   
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刖
the body part and the sword
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⺼
ニク body part   
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
䒑
grass   
話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
苦
ク   くるしい painful   くるしむ to suffer   くるしめる to torment   にがい bitter   にがる to feel bitter   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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艹
grass   
痛
ツウ   いたい painful   いたむ to hurt, be painful   いためる to hurt, damage   
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疒
ill; illness
甬
use your ma
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
マ
katakana 'ma'
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