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かれ
さいし
妻子
いなか
田舎
のこ
して
しょく
もと
めて
ぶらぶらしていた
With his wife and children in the country, he was at loose ends for something to do.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1
noun
1. wife and children
2. wife  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading さいし, めこ)
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0
1. rural area; countryside; the sticks  (sensitive)
2. hometown
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2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve
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0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. job; work; employment; occupation; position
2. duties
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to want; to wish for
2. to request; to demand
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1
1. dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. strolling; rambling; roaming; wandering  (esp. ぶらぶらと散歩; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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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   
サイ   つま wife   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
slashed yo
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yo; yell
シ   ス   こ child   
デン   た rice field   
シャ    house, hut, barracks   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ザン   のこ to remain behind   のこ to leave behind   
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three spears
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tasseled spear
サン   み    みっ three   
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
ショク    job, employment, post, occupation   
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ジ   みみ ear   
potter's clay   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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dot   
スイ   みず water   
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