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ちい
さい
うちみすぼらしく
える
ようなってしまいましたまだまだもと
とお
しっかりしているのに
The small house had come to look shabby, though it was just as good as ever underneath.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
small; little; tiny
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0 1
1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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5 0
shabby; seedy  (often written with kana only)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
2. to look; to seem; to appear
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1
Most common form:
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: )
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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0
Most common form: 中黒
noun
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
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1
still some way to go before the goal; still more to come; much more; not yet  (often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form:
under (esp. influence or guidance)  (sometimes written 元)
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3 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. avenue; street; way; road
2. coming and going; street traffic
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3
1. tightly (holding on); firmly; securely  (often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily  (often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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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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particle
1. although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that
2. while
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Kanji
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
なかぐろ middle dot   
ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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use your ma
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
move
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