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こどもたち
子供達
わたし
はなし
していたとき
ねっしん
熱心
っていた

The children were all ears when I was telling them the story.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
Most common form: 子供たち
noun
children
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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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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2
Most common form:
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case
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1
zeal; enthusiasm
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3
Most common form: 聴きいる
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
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Kanji
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
タツ    arrive   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
move
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ネツ   あつ hot   
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fire
get round the ground ahead
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ガン   round; circle   まる round, circular   
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
dot   
ground ahead
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セン   さき ahead   
シン   こころ heart   
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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ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
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