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こん
ドアから
はい
って
しょうじょ
少女
いつも
ちこく
遅刻
してくる

The girl coming in at the door now is always late.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
1
prefix
1. the current ...; this
2. today's ...
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1
noun
door (Western-style)
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5
to come into
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1
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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1
adverb, noun
1. always; usually; every time  (often written with kana only)
2. never  (with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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0
lateness; late coming  (see also: 遅れる)
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Kanji
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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eight
ミ    not yet   
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   
チ   おそ late   おくれる to be late   おくらす to make late   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
corpse
move
コク   chisel; time   きざ to chisel, engrave   
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sign of the hog; hog   い sign of the hog   いのしし hog   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
lid
トウ   かたな sword   
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