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It was a cat starved to skin and bones.
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Vocabulary list

honetokawa
expression, no adjective
  1. skin and bones
hone
noun
  1. bone
  2. frame
  3. outline; core
  4. backbone; spirit; fortitude
na adjective, noun
  1. laborious; troublesome; difficult
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
kawa
noun
  1. skin; hide; pelt; fur
  2. rind; peel; husk; bark
  3. shell; sheath; wrapping
  4. mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming
bakarini
adverb
  1. (simply) because; on account of
  2. as if to; (as though) about to
bakari
particle
  1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than
  2. approximately; about
  3. just (finished, etc.) (after the -ta form of a verb)
  4. as if to; (as though) about to (after an attributive form or auxiliary verb ぬ(ん), also often …とばかり(に))
  5. indicates emphasis (often …とばかり(に))
  6. always; constantly
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
yasekokeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

yasekoketa
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to get too skinny
neko
noun
  1. cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)
  2. shamisen
  3. geisha
  4. wheelbarrow
  5. clay bed-warmer
  6. bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
da

Polite Past Indicative Form

deshita
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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