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っている
まもなく
にかい
二階
ちか
づく
あしおと
足音
こえてきました

I had not been waiting long before I heard footsteps coming upstairs.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
1. to wait  (this meaning is restricted to form 待つ)
2. to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
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2
1. soon; before long; in a short time  (often written with kana only)
2. lacking time to ...; without time to ...  (after verb; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
second floor; upstairs
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3 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to approach; to draw near; to get close
2. to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
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3 4
noun
footsteps (sound)
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be heard; to be audible
2. to be said to be; to be reputed
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Kanji
タイ   ま to wait   
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step
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
カイ    floor   
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カイ   みな everyone   
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ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
hill   
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キン   ちか close   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
move
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジ   みみ ear   
モン   かど gate   
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