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わたし
私
は
しょうせつ
小説
を
よ
読
むのに
ねっちゅう
熱中
していた。
I was absorbed in reading a novel.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
私は小説を読むのに熱中していた。
中（ちゅう, じゅう, なか) 中（ちゅう, じゅう, なか)
 
throughout; while; out of; during etc.
私は小説を読むのに熱中していた。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
私は小説を読むのに熱中していた。
Conjugations and inflections
  読む is the plain form of 'mu' godan verb 読む   ALL INFLECTIONS
  熱中していた is the past form of the progressive form of 'suru' verb 熱中   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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し ょ う せ つ 0
novel; (short) story
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よ む 1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to read
2. to count  (see also: さばを読む; now mostly used in idioms)
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ね っ ち ゅ う 0
going nuts (over something); enthusiasm; zeal; mania
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
説
セツ   ゼイ   とく to explain, persuade   
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兑
eight elder brothers
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丷
eight
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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士
シ   samurai
㓁
net
熱
ネツ   あつい hot   
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灬
fire
埶
get round the ground ahead
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丸
ガン   round; circle   まるい round, circular   
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九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
丶
dot   
坴
ground ahead
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
圥
セン   さき ahead   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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丨
stick   
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