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The journalist was calm even in an emergency.
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Vocabulary list

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 ...
kisha
noun
  1. reporter; journalist
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kinkyuujitai
noun
  1. state of emergency; emergency; crisis
kinkyuu
noun, no adjective, na adjective
  1. urgency; emergency
jitai
noun
  1. situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances (often with a negative connotation)
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
toki
noun
  1. time; hour; moment (刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
  1. occasion; case
noun
  1. chance; opportunity; season
  2. the times; the age; the day
  3. tense
demo
conjunction
  1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well
particle
  1. even
  2. however; no matter how; even if; even though
  3. ... or something
  4. either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... (as 〜でも〜でも)
prefix
  1. pseudo-; quack; in-name-only (before an occupation, etc.)
  2. for lack of anything better to do (before an occupation, etc.)
ochitsuku

te-form

ochitsuite
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind
  2. to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate
  3. to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in
  4. to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
  5. to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit
  6. to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued (usu. used pronominally as 落ち着いた)
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)

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