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かれ
ダックスフントソーセージ
っている
とき
まんが
漫画
できそうアイデア
かんだ

When he saw the salesgirl selling dachshund sausages, he got an idea for a cartoon.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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5
Most common form: ダックスフンド
noun
dachshund  (originally from German 'Dachshund')
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0
Most common form: 中黒
noun
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
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1 3
noun
sausage
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0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to sell
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0
Most common form: 売子
noun
1. salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; peddler; vendor  (see also: 販売員)
2. male prostitute  (archaic)
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1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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2
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case  (this meaning is restricted to form 時)
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0
noun
cartoon; comic; comic strip
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0
Most common form: てく
irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', auxiliary verb
to continue  (from ..て or で plus 行く; colloquialism)
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1 3
noun
idea
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0
1. to float; to be suspended
2. to rise to surface
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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   
なかぐろ middle dot   
バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
シ   ス   こ child   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
マン    random, aimless   
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マン    wide   
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net
スイ   みず water   
ガ   カク   draw
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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open box
フ   うかぶ    う to float   うかべる to launch, to refloat, to waft   うかれる to frolic   
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nourishment   
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claw
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