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しょうねん
少年
コンピューターゲーム
あそ
むちゅう
夢中
だった
The boy was absorbed in playing a computer game.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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3
Most common form: コンピュータ
noun
computer
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1
noun
game  (see also: コンピュータゲーム)
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0
'bu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
2. to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
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0
1. absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to
2. forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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ユ   ユウ   あそ play   
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the man knows the way to make the child
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
シ   ス   こ child   
move
ム   ゆめ dream   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
cover; covered   
net
grass   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
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