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かれ
こつこつ
じじつ
事実
しら
調
べていた

He was patiently digging for facts.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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pronoun
1. he; him
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Most common form: コツコツ
1. unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; laboriously  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. knocking; tapping; clicking; drumming  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
fact; truth; reality
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
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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   
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みの to bear fruit   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
roof   
調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととの to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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シュウ   まわ circumference   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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