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かれ
この
しょうせつ
小説
どのくらい
じかん
時間
かかった
How long did it take him to write this novel?
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
novel; (short) story
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1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to write; to compose; to pen
2. to draw; to paint  (see also: 描く)
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which; what (way)  (see also: 此の, 其の, 彼の; often written with kana only)
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3
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)  (see also: 時間がかかる; often written with kana only)
2. to hang  (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   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
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   
ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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モン   かど gate   
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