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彼かれの話はなしを聞きいて、笑わらわずにはいられなかった。

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possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

話はなし

tale; story; fable

noun

-> 聞くgodan verb

connective te-form

be dumbfounded; be flabbergasted; can only laugh

-> 笑うgodan verb

without doing; not doing

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

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

-> いるichidan verb, auxiliary

passive, potential, or respect auxiliary

-> れる/られるgrammar

negative auxiliary

-> ないgrammar

past tense or completed action