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The river was cloudy with silt.
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Vocabulary list

kawa
noun
  1. river; stream
suffix
  1. River; the ... river (suffix used with the names of rivers)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
doro
noun, no adjective
  1. mud; slush; (wet) dirt; mire
noun
  1. thief
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
nigoru

te-form

nigotte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become muddy; to become cloudy; to get impure (of a liquid, gas, etc.)
  2. to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse
  3. to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted
  4. to become voiced; to add voiced consonant marks
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
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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