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Her movements were awkward and her gesture clumsy.
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Vocabulary list

kanojo
pronoun
  1. she; her
noun
  1. girlfriend
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
dousa
noun, suru verb
  1. action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
gikochinai

Adverbial Form

gikochinaku
i adjective (negative)
  1. awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
shigusa
shigusa
shigusa
noun
  1. gesture; movement; action; behavior; behaviour; bearing; mannerism
  2. acting; performance
mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as AもBも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
bukiyou
na adjective, noun
  1. clumsy; awkward; unskillfulness; lack of ability
  2. tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); gauche
  3. mean; cowardly; base
da

Plain Past Indicative Form

datta
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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