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Her husband also wanted custody of the children.
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Vocabulary list

danna
noun
  1. master (of a house, shop, etc.)
  2. husband
  3. sir; boss; master; governor (used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status)
  4. patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
  5. alms; almsgiving; almsgiver (orig. meaning; usu. written as 檀那)
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
kodomo
noun
  1. child
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
hikitoru

masu stem

hikitori
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to take into one's possession; to receive; to accept; to collect; to claim
  2. to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to adopt
  3. to leave; to go away; to withdraw; to get out
ken
noun, used as a suffix, noun
  1. right (to do something)
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. authority; power
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.
nozomu

te-form

nozonde
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to desire
  2. to wish for; to expect
  3. to see; to command (a view of)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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