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しょうねん
少年
はバットを
こわき
小脇
に
かか
抱
えている。
The boy has a bat under his arm.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
少年はバットを小脇に抱えている。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
少年はバットを小脇に抱えている。
Conjugations and inflections
  小脇に抱えている is the progressive form of ichidan verb 小脇に抱える   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
し ょ う ね ん 0
noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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バ ッ ト 1
noun
1. bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
2. bat (animal)  (see also: 蝙蝠; obscure term)
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expression, ichidan verb
to carry under one’s arm
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Kanji
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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脇
わき armpit   
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劦
3x the effort
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
⺼
ニク body part   
抱
ホウ   だく    いだく to hug   かかえる to carry, to hold (an object, a burden)   
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包
ホウ   つつむ to wrap   
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勹
wrap
己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
扌
hand
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