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けいかい
警戒
していた
けいびいん
警備員
とお
ぼんやりした
かげ
づいた

The alert guard perceived a dim shape in the distance.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. vigilance; precaution; watch; lookout; alertness
2. to be vigilant; to be cautious; to guard (against)
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3
noun
guard; security (officer); guardsman
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0 3
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far
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3
1. dimly; faintly; indistinctly; vaguely  (also written as 呆んやり; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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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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1
noun
1. shadow; silhouette; figure; shape
2. reflection; image
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2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise
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Kanji
ケイ   admonish
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ケイ   うやま to respect, revere   
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grass   
ク    verse, phrase   
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wrap
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ぼく strike   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
カイ   いましめる to warn, admonish   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
tasseled spear
ビ   そなえる to prepare, to provide for   そなわる to be furnished with   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
cliff
イン    employee   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
エン   オン   far away   とお far   
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long kimono
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
move
エイ   かげ shadow   
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ケイ   scenery
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
lid
fur, bristles, beard   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
crossed swords
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