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People are suffering from the contamination of the water supply.
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Vocabulary list

hitobito
noun
  1. people; men and women
  2. each person; everybody
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
suidousui
noun
  1. tap-water
suidou
noun
  1. water supply; water service; waterworks
  2. channel; strait
  3. water course; waterway
sui
noun
  1. Wednesday
  2. shaved ice (served with flavored syrup)
  3. water (fifth of the five elements)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
osen
noun, suru verb
  1. pollution; contamination
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
kurushimu

te-form

kurushinde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to suffer; to groan; to be worried
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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