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かれ
すわ
って
たばこ
っており
つま
そのそば
もの
していた
He sat smoking, with his wife sewing beside him.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sit; to squat
2. to assume (a position)
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0
noun
1. tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar  (often written with kana only; originally from Portuguese 'tabaco')
2. tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)  (often written with kana only)
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale
2. to suck; to sip; to slurp
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2
Most common form:
noun
1. wife  (this meaning is restricted to form 妻)
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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0
noun
1. near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while  (often written with kana only)
2. third person
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3 4
Most common form: 縫物
noun
sewing; needlework; embroidery
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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   
ザ   すわ to sit   
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ザ   すわ to sit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
广
stony cliff
キュウ   す to suck, inhale   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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キュウ   およ to amount to, reach   およぼす to exert   およ and, as well as   
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three
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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
ホウ   ぬ to sew   
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to meet (esp. close friends)   
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resist   
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go
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ladder
move
シ   いと thread   
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
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