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He used water colors in short vertical brush-strokes.
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Vocabulary list

kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
suisai
noun
  1. watercolor painting
enogu
noun
  1. paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
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.
mijikai

Adverbial Form

mijikaku
i adjective
  1. short
  2. brief
hobo
adverb
  1. almost; roughly; approximately
chokkaku
noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. right angle; perpendicular
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
fudedukai
noun
  1. brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
fude
noun
  1. writing brush; paintbrush; pen
  2. writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; penmanship; something drawn with a brush
  3. writing (composing text); the written word
counter
  1. (land) lot; plot
tsukaide
noun
  1. lasting quality; good wearing ability; going a long way
tsukai
noun
  1. errand; mission; going as envoy
  2. messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl
  3. familiar spirit
noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix
  1. use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer (often read as づかい when used as a suffix)
de
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the Sun or the Moon)
  2. attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
  3. start; beginning
  4. origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage)
  5. architectural member that projects outward
  6. highest point of the stern of a ship
  7. amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc.)
mochiiru

Plain Past Indicative Form

mochiita
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

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