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かれ
こども
子供
ながら
かあ
さん
たす
ける
ために
いっしょうけんめい
一生懸命
はたら
いた

Child as he was, he worked hard to help his mother.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
noun
child; children
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particle
1. while; during; as  (often written with kana only)
2. while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding  (see also: 我ながら; often written with kana only)
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2
noun
mother  (see also: 母さん; honorific)
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to save; to rescue
2. to help; to assist
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2
conjunction
1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of  (often written with kana only)
2. because of; as a result of  (often written with kana only)
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5
'na' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life  (see also: 一所懸命; yojijukugo)
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0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to work; to labor; to labour
2. to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
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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   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
ボ   はは mother   
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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and another, moreover   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ケ   ケン   かける to hang   かかる to be hanging   
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ケン    prefecture   
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ケイ    system; lineage   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   いと thread   
ケン    prefecture   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
shelf
シン   こころ heart   
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
たた to strike, beat, hit   
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seal
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ドウ   はたら to work   
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ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
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