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わたし
メアリー
かあ
さん
おも
われる
じょせい
女性
かけた

I saw a woman who I thought was Mary's mother.
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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2
noun
mother  (see also: 母さん; honorific)
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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0
1. woman; female
2. feminine gender  (linguistics terminology; this meaning is restricted to reading じょせい)
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ボ   はは mother   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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heart
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
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
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