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あか
ちゃん
こさない
ように
かのじょ
彼女
じっと
すわ
っていた

She sat still for fear of waking the baby.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
baby; infant
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Most common form: 起す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up
2. to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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pronoun
1. she; her
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1. motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still  (じーっと is more emphatic. 凝乎と is rare.; onomatopoeic or mimetic word; often written with kana only)
2. fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think)  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sit; to squat
2. to assume (a position)
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Kanji
セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
キ   おきる to wake up, to get up   おこる to happen   おこす to rouse   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
ソウ   はし run   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ザ   すわ to sit   
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ザ   すわ to sit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
广
stony cliff
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