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かれ
彼
は
じぶん
自分
がなんと
おろ
愚
かであったかと
かんが
考
えて
ほほえ
微笑
んだ。
He smiled to think what a fool he had been.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
だ, である, であります, でございます, ではない etc
彼は自分がなんと愚かであったかと考えて微笑んだ。
particle か particle か
 
embedded / indirect questions
彼は自分がなんと愚かであったかと考えて微笑んだ。
Conjugations and inflections
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
  考えて is the te form of ichidan verb 考える   ALL INFLECTIONS
  微笑んだ is the past form of 'mu' godan verb 微笑む   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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じ ぶ ん 0
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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な ん と 1
what; how; whatever
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お ろ か 1
foolish; stupid
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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か ん が え る 4 か ん が え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to think about; to take into consideration
2. to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something)
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ほ ほ え む 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to smile
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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   
自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
分
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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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
愚
グ   おろか foolish   
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禺
グウ    long-tailed monkey   
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禸
tracks, footprint   
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冂
wide
厶
ム   private
田
デン   た rice field   
心
シン   こころ heart   
考
コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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丂
reach
耂
old
微
ビ   minute, slight
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兀
one pair of legs
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
儿
legs
攵
ぼく strike   
山
サン   やま mountain   
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笑
ショウ   わらう to laugh   えむ to smile   
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⺮
bamboo
夭
calamity   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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