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はは
母
の
かげん
加減
は
すこ
少
しもよくなっていなかった。むしろ
わる
悪
くなっているようだった。
My mother was not feeling any better. If anything, she looked worse.
Grammar and points of interest
ちち and おとうさん ちち and おとうさん
 
母の加減は少しもよくなっていなかった。むしろ悪くなっているようだった。
adverbs adverbs
 
母の加減は少しもよくなっていなかった。むしろ悪くなっているようだった。
particle も + negative verb particle も + negative verb
 
not at all, never, nowhere etc
母の加減は少しもよくなっていなかった。むしろ悪くなっているようだった。
むしろ むしろ
 
rather ~; ~ instead of ~; not so much ~ as ~
母の加減は少しもよくなっていなかった。むしろ悪くなっているようだった。
ようだ ようだ
 
appears to be
母の加減は少しもよくなっていなかった。むしろ悪くなっているようだった。
〜くなります／になります 〜くなります／になります
 
become
母の加減は少しもよくなっていなかった。むしろ悪くなっているようだった。
Conjugations and inflections
  なっていなかった is the past negative form of the progressive form of 'ru' godan verb なる   ALL INFLECTIONS
  悪く is the adverbial form of 'i' adjective 悪い   ALL INFLECTIONS
  なっていなかった is the past negative form of the progressive form of 'ru' godan verb なる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
は は 2
noun
mother  (see also: 父; かか was used by children; humble)
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か げ ん 0
noun, 'na' adjective, noun (suffix)
1. degree; extent; just right amount of
noun, noun (suffix)
2. condition; state of health
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す こ し 2
adverb, noun
1. small quantity; little; few; something
2. little while
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1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully  (see also: 良い; often written with kana only)
2. frequently; often  (often written with kana only)
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な る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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む し ろ 1
rather; better; instead  (often written with kana only)
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わ る い 2
1. bad; poor; inferior
2. evil; sinful
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よ う 1
Most common form: 陽
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: 陰)
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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expression
was  (see also: だ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
母
ボ   はは mother   
加
カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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減
ゲン   へる become less   へらす reduce   
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咸
all, together, same   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
氵
スイ   みず water   
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
悪
アク   オ   わるい bad   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
亜
ア    Asia; rank next   
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覀
west
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