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He hovered between life and death.
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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
seishinosakai
noun
  1. between life and death
seishi
noun
  1. life and death
  2. samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)
  3. death
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
sakai
noun
  1. border; boundary (usu. さかい)
  2. turning point; watershed (often ...を境に)
  3. area; region; spot; space; environment (usu. きょう)
  4. psychological state; mental state (usu. きょう)
  5. cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind
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.
samayou

Plain Past Indicative Form

samayotta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

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