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The lecturer spoke generally about American literature and specifically about Faulkner.
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kouensha
noun
  1. lecturer; speaker
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kouen
noun, suru verb
  1. lecture; address; speech
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sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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amerika
noun
  1. America
  2. United States of America
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bungaku
noun
  1. literature
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ippan
no adjective, na adjective, noun
  1. general; universal
  2. ordinary; average; common; non-celebrity
na adjective, noun
  1. the same; no different; (just) as if
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nitsuite
expression
  1. concerning; regarding
  2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
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soshite
conjunction
  1. and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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toriwake
adverb
  1. especially; above all
  2. inter alia; among others
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nitsuite
expression
  1. concerning; regarding
  2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
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hanashiwosuru

Plain Past Indicative Form

hanashiwoshita
expression, suru verb (irregular)
  1. to have a talk; to tell a story
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hanashi
noun
  1. talk; speech; chat; conversation
  2. topic; subject
  3. discussions; negotiation; argument
  4. rumor; talk; hearsay
  5. tale; story; fable
  6. circumstances; particulars
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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.
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suru

Plain Past Indicative Form

shita
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
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