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Usages of hitokoto
その とき、 看護師さん の 優しい 一言 で 赤ちゃん が 笑って、 母親 は とても 嬉しそう だった。sono toki, kangosisan no yasasii hitokoto de akatyan ga waratte, hahaoya ha totemo uresisou datta.
At that moment, thanks to a kind comment from the nurse, the baby laughed and her mother looked very happy.
母 の 優しい 一言 で 安心しました。haha no yasasii hitokoto de ansinsimasita.
I felt relieved by my mother's kind words.
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