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子こ供どもたちは親おやが留る守すの間あいだに鬼おにのいぬまに洗せん濯たくとばかりにゲームをしていた。

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子こ供どもたち

親おや

parent; parents; mother and father

noun, no-adjective

留る守すの間あいだ

during one's absence; while away

expression, no-adjective

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

oni; ogre; demon

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

go; leave; pass (time); die; rot

-> 往ぬgodan verb

pause; interval of time; timing

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

洗せん濯たく

washing; laundry

noun, suru verb

quotation, conditional, companion, or and marker

only; nothing but; just; approximately; about; just (did something); have just; as if to; about to; on the verge of; emphatic; indeed; really; always; constantly; all the time

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

light/support verb with a noun or noun-like phrase

-> するgrammar

and; and then; then; because; so; since; by; through; with; although; but; yet; connects to auxiliary verbs (e.g., ている, ていく); forms compound verbs (e.g., やって来る); please (do)

particle, conjunction

be; exist; stay; be ...-ing; have ...-ed; be ...-ed

-> いるichidan verb, auxiliary

past tense or completed action