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ついきゅう
追及
されて
、つい、
み
見
え
す
透
いた
うそ
嘘
をついてしまった
。
I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
つ い き ゅ う 0
1. investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down
2. catching up; overtaking
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1. just (now)
2. quite (near)
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み え す く 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
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Most common form: 嘘を付く
expression, 'ku' godan verb
to tell a lie; to fib
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Kanji
追
ツイ   おう to pursue   
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two mouths
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⻌
move
及
キュウ   およぶ to amount to, reach   およぼす to exert   および and, as well as   
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ㄋ
three
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
透
トウ   transparent   すく    すける to be transparent   すかす to look through   
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秀
シュウ    excellent   ひいでる to surpass   
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乃
ノ    whereupon; from (kana); splitting away from   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
禾
grain
嘘
うそ a lie   
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虚
キョ   コ    void   
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虍
とら tiger   
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卜
divining rod
厂
cliff
七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
业
almost lined up
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