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She killed time reading a magazine while she waited.
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kanojo
pronoun
  1. she; her
noun
  1. girlfriend
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
matsu

te-form

matte
godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
  1. to wait
  2. to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
  3. to depend on; to need (usu. in negative form)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
ma
noun
  1. time; pause
  2. space
  3. room
zasshi
noun
  1. journal; magazine; periodical
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
yomu

te-form

yonde
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to read
  2. to count (now mostly used in idioms)
  3. to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
himawotsubusu
himawotsubusu

Plain Past Indicative Form

himawotsubushita
expression, godan verb
  1. to waste time; to kill time
hima
noun, na adjective
  1. spare time; free time; leisure
noun
  1. time (e.g. time it takes to do something)
noun, na adjective
  1. time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave
  2. quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse)
na adjective
  1. (being) inactive; (of one's business) slow
noun
  1. leaving; departing
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
tsubusu

Plain Past Indicative Form

tsubushita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to smash; to crush; to flatten
  2. to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop
  3. to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart
  4. to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food)
  5. to kill (time); to while away (the time); to use up (one's time)
  6. to waste (e.g. talents)

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