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Several houses were carried away by the great flood.
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Vocabulary list

ie
noun
  1. house; residence; dwelling
  2. family; household
  3. lineage; family name
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)
suuken
noun
  1. several houses
suu
prefix
  1. several; a number of
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. quantity; amount
noun
  1. counting; figures; numbers
  2. number; numeral; figure
  3. grammatical number
  4. destiny; fate; course of events; trend
ken
suffix, counter
  1. counter for buildings (esp. houses)
suffix
  1. suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
daikouzui
noun
  1. heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge
  2. great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
dai
prefix, na adjective, noun
  1. large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
prefix
  1. great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
suffix
  1. -sized; as big as; the size of
suffix, prefix
  1. university
noun
  1. large (e.g. serving size); large option
  2. long month (i.e. having 31 days)
kouzui
noun
  1. flood; flooding
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.)
nagasu

Passive Plain Past Indicative Form

nagasareta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to drain; to pour; to spill; to shed (blood, tears)
  2. to wash away
  3. to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to broadcast; to beam
  4. to cruise (e.g. taxi)
  5. to float; to set adrift
  6. to call off (a meeting, etc.)
  7. to exile; to banish

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