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わたし
しょうじょ
少女
たす
もと
めて
さけ
んでいる
いた

I heard the girl crying for help.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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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
noun
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to want; to wish for
2. to request; to demand
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2
'bu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to shout; to cry; to scream; to shriek; to yell; to exclaim
2. to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
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   
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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and another, moreover   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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dot   
スイ   みず water   
キョウ   さけ to scream, to cry out   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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connect; 'join the vine'   
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stick   
ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジ   みみ ear   
モン   かど gate   
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