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しょうじょ
少女
ほほえ
微笑
んで
あいさつした
The girl greeted me with a smile.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
1. little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
2. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading しょうじょ; this meaning is restricted to form 少女)
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3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to smile
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1
Most common form: 挨拶
1. greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody
2. polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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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   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ビ   minute, slight
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step
one pair of legs
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
legs
ぼく strike   
サン   やま mountain   
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ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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