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かれ
かえ
して
かのじょ
彼女
かいだん
階段
のぼ
てつだ
手伝
った

He turned back to help her up the stairs.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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3
Most common form: 引返す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
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1
pronoun
1. she; her
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0
noun
stairs; stairway; staircase
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0
Most common form: 登る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to ascend; to go up; to climb
2. to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise  (usu. 昇る)
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3
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to help; to assist; to aid
2. to contribute to; to be a factor in
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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   
イン   ひ to pull   ひける to be over   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
ヘン   かえ to return, to come back   かえ to return (something)   
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ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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move
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
カイ    floor   
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カイ   みな everyone   
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ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
hill   
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ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
lance shaft   
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キ    table   
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つた to go along   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ム   private
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