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なんみん
難民
ごみごみした
うらまち
裏町
んでいました

The refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0 3
noun
1. refugee; displaced person
2. person unable to achieve some goal (marriage, shopping, etc.)  (see also: 買い物難民; slang)
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squalid; messy  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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0 2
Most common form: 裏街
noun
back street; back alley; slums
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1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
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Kanji
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
grass   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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little bird
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ミン   たみ people   
リ   うら the back side   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
リ   さと village   
lid
チョウ   まち town   
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チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
デン   た rice field   
ジュウ   す to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
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