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はは
いそが
しそう
りょうり
料理
していたその
かん
わたし
テレビ
ていた

Mother was busily cooking; in the meantime, I was just watching TV.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
noun
mother  (see also: ; かか was used by children; humble)
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4
busy; hectic; occupied; engaged
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1
1. cooking; cookery; cuisine
2. dealing with something; handling; administration; management  (nuance of doing it easily)
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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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3
Most common form: 其の間
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
in the meanwhile; during the time
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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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1
noun
1. television; TV  (see also: テレビジョン; abbreviation)
2. TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast  (abbreviation)
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1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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Kanji
ボ   はは mother   
ボウ   いそがしい busy   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
heart
リョウ    fee   
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ト    Big Dipper   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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dot   
リ    logic   
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リ   さと village   
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
モン   かど gate   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
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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