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The policeman separated the two men who were fighting.
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Vocabulary list

keikan
noun
  1. police officer; policeman; constable
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
momeru

te-form

momete
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
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)
dansei
noun, no adjective
  1. man; male
  2. masculine gender
futari
noun
  1. two persons; two people; pair; couple
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
nin
counter
  1. counter for people
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.
hikihanasu

Plain Past Indicative Form

hikihanashita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to pull apart; to separate
  2. to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

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