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かれ
もっと
わる
ことなっていたかもしれない
おも
って
じぶん
自分
なぐさ
めた

He consoled himself with the thought that it might have been worse.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1
(some) more; even more; longer; further
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2
1. bad; poor; inferior
2. evil; sinful
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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1 0
expression
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly  (often written with kana only)
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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0
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to comfort; to console; to amuse
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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   
アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
ア    Asia; rank next   
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west
シ   おも to think   
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デン   た rice field   
ジ   シ   みずか self   
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
イ   なぐさめる to console   なぐさ to be diverted, to forget one's worries   
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イ    military officer   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
スン   inch
corpse
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