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かれ
彼
は
しつもん
質問
にどう
こた
答
えるか
まった
全
く
こま
困
っているようだった。
He seemed quite puzzled how to answer the question.
Grammar and points of interest
ようだ ようだ
 
appears to be
彼は質問にどう答えるか全く困っているようだった。
particle か particle か
 
embedded / indirect questions
彼は質問にどう答えるか全く困っているようだった。
OVERVIEW
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
彼は質問にどう答えるか全く困っているようだった。
Conjugations and inflections
  答える is the plain form of ichidan verb 答える   ALL INFLECTIONS
  困っている is the progressive form of 'ru' godan verb 困る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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し つ も ん 0
question; inquiry; enquiry
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こ た え る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to answer; to reply
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ま っ た く 0 ま っ た く 4
1. really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
2. indeed
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こ ま る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped
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よ う 1
Most common form: 陽
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: 陰)
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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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   
質
シツ   シチ   チ    quality; substance   
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斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
問
モン   とい question   とう to ask   とん wholesale   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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答
トウ   こたえ an answer   こたえる to answer   
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⺮
bamboo
合
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あう to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
全
ゼン   まったく entirely   すべて everything   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
困
コン   distressed   こまる to be distressed, be in a quandary   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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囗
box, enclosure   
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