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The flowers withered for want of water.
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mizubusoku
noun
  1. water shortage; shortage of water supply
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
tame
noun, adverb
  1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  2. sake; purpose; objective; aim
  3. consequence; result; effect
  4. affecting; regarding; concerning
hana
noun
  1. flower; blossom; bloom; petal
  2. cherry blossom
  3. beauty
  4. blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
  5. ikebana
  6. hanafuda
  7. (the) best (usu. as 〜が花)
no adjective
  1. glorious; lovely
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
shioreru

Plain Past Indicative Form

shioreta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to wither; to wilt; to droop; to fade (esp. 萎れる, 凋れる)
  2. to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed; to be crestfallen (esp. 萎れる, 悄れる)

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