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しょうじょ
少女
ただ
つづ
けた

The little girl just kept crying.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
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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1
1. ordinary; common; usual  (often written with kana only)
2. free of charge  (only 只; often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: なく
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
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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   
キュウ   な to cry   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
スイ   みず water   
ゾク   つづ to continue   つづける to carry on with   
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シ   いと thread   
バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
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