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The boy was gazing at a school of carp in the pond.
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Vocabulary list

shounen
noun
  1. boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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
koi
noun
  1. common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
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
mure
noun
  1. group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school; swarm; cluster (e.g. of stars); clump; pack (e.g. of dogs)
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.
jitto
adverb, suru verb
  1. motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still (じーっと is more emphatic. 凝乎と is rare.)
  2. fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think)
  3. patiently (endure); stoically
  4. firmly (e.g. hold); restrained
mitsumeru

te-form

mitsumete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
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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