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Gun makers have been able to escape responsibility for firearm violence.
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Vocabulary list

juuki
noun
  1. small arms
meekaa
noun
  1. manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker
  2. maker; device for making things
  3. person who creates things
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shoukaki
noun
  1. small arms
shou
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. smallness; small item
noun
  1. short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. elementary school
noun, used as a prefix
  1. smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior
  2. younger (of two people with the same name); junior
noun
  1. unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
kaki
noun
  1. firearms; guns
niyoru
expression, godan verb
  1. by means of; due to; because of; according to
bouryoku
noun
  1. violence; mayhem
jiken
noun
  1. event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
nitaisuru
expression
  1. regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
sekininwonogareru

te-form

sekininwonogarete
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to shirk one's responsibility
sekinin
noun
  1. duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff)
  2. liability; onus
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
nogareru

te-form

nogarete
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to escape
Suffix after the te form of a verb
kuru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kita
kuru verb, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to come back; to do ... and come back (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue (after the -te form of a verb)

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