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かれ
わたし
ひにく
皮肉
うかべた
He smiled a cynical smile at me.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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0 1
cynicism; sarcasm; irony; satire
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1
1. minuteness
numeric
2. one millionth
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1
Most common form: えみ
noun
smile
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0
Most common form: 浮かぶ
1. to float; to be suspended
2. to rise to surface
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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   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
ニク   meat
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ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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wide
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ビ   minute, slight
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one pair of legs
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ぼく strike   
サン   やま mountain   
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ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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