彼女は階段を上りながら話しかけてきた

N5 彼女 kanojo she N5 階段 kaidan stairs N2 上り nobori up-train (going to Tokyo), ascent N5 ながら nagara while N5 話 hanashi talk, story, speech

N3 彼 hi / kare, kano, ka.no he, that, the N5 女 jo, nyo, nyou / onna, me woman, female, femme N2 階 kai / kizahashi storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building N3 段 dan, tan grade, steps, stairs N5 上 jou, shou, shan / ue, -ue, uwa-, kami, a.geru, -a.geru, a.garu, -a.garu, a.gari, -a.gari, nobo.ru, nobo.ri, nobo.seru, nobo.su, tatematsu.ru above, up, au-dessus N5 話 wa / hana.su, hanashi tale, talk, parler

N4 〜ながら nagara Indicates two simultaneous actions by the same subject, attaches to the verb stem, means doing one thing while doing another N4 〜ながらも nagara mo Indicates contrast between two ideas, attaches to verb or adjective stem, means although or despite N4 〜し shi Indicates multiple reasons or qualities, connects clauses or adjectives, means besides that, and also N5 〜が ga Marks the grammatical subject, highlights new information, can also show slight contrast in some sentences N5 〜を o Marks the direct object of an action, appears before the verb, shows what receives the action N5 〜か ka Marks a question, alternative, or uncertainty, appears at the sentence end or between options N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information