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てんいん
店員
わざわざ
わたし
たち
ひつよう
必要
している
もの
つけてくれた

The shop assistant went out of his way to find what we needed.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson
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1
expressly; specially; doing something especially rather than incidentally  (often written with kana only)
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3
we; us
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0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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3 2 0
Most common form: もの
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot
2. to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault
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Kanji
テン   みせ shop   
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セン   しめる to occupy, hold   うらな to tell fortunes   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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divining rod
广
stony cliff
イン    employee   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こころ heart   
ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
west
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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legs
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