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あか
赤
ちゃんがお
ちち
乳
を
ほ
欲
しがっています。
The baby is crying for milk.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
赤ちゃんがお乳を欲しがっています。
honorific prefixes ご and お honorific prefixes ご and お
 
赤ちゃんがお乳を欲しがっています。
verb て form + います／いる verb て form + います／いる
 
'ing' - present continuous / progressive
赤ちゃんがお乳を欲しがっています。
Conjugations and inflections
  欲しがっています is the masu form of the progressive form of 'ru' godan verb 欲しがる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
あ か ち ゃ ん 1 あ か ち ゃ ん 0
noun
baby; infant
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お
Most common form: 御
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: 御; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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ち ち 2 ち ち 1
noun
1. milk
2. breast
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ほ し が る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to desire; to want; to wish for; to covet  (see also: 欲しい)
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Kanji
赤
セキ   シャク   あか    あかい red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
乳
ニュウ   milk   ち    ちち breasts   
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乚
second   おつ    
孚
nourishment   
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子
シ   ス   こ child   
爫
claw
欲
ヨク   ほしい want   ほっする to want   
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欠
ケツ   かく to lack   かける to be lacking   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
⺈
corner
谷
コク   たに valley   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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