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Grammar detail: なお

なお  moreover; furthermore; additionally
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なお is used before a phrase to express the idea that the phrase supplies additional information about an existing topic. It can be used to begin a sentence that continues a discussion of an existing topic:
なお
じかん
時間
のち
ほど
つた
えします

Furthermore, I'll let you know about the time later.
なお
かれ
しごと
仕事
めん
しっかり
はんせい
反省
する
ひと
なので
きょうりょく
協力
してもらう
ことにした
Furthermore, in terms of his work he's the type of person who reflects on things properly, so I decided to have him support us.
It is often used in conjunction with
いま
(now) between two related phrases in a single sentence to mean 'still':
その
じけん
事件
いま
なおなぞ
つつ
まれている

The affair is still wrapped in mystery.
そして
わたし
ここいて
いま
なお
きています

And here I am, still alive.
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Kanji used in this grammar

コン   キン   いま now   
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ジ   とき time, occasion   
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カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うし behind   おくれる be late   
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デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つた to go along   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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ショウ   セイ   かえりみる to reflect   はぶ to omit, leave out   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
キョウ    cooperation   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ケン    affair, matter   
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ホウ   つつ to wrap   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
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