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The Nikkei Stock Average lost nearly 200 points to close yesterday at 18,000.
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Vocabulary list

nikkei
noun
  1. Nikkei (newspaper, share index) (abbr. of 日本経済新聞)
heikin
noun, suru verb
  1. average; mean
  2. balance; equilibrium
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
nihyaku
numeric
  1. 200; two hundred
pointo
noun, suru verb
  1. point
noun
  1. points (of a railway); switch
sageru

masu stem

sage
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
  2. to lower; to reduce; to bring down
  3. to demote; to move back; to pull back
  4. to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
  5. to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
kinou
noun, adverb
  1. yesterday
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
juuhachi
numeric
  1. 18; eighteen
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.)
oeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

oeta
ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to finish
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to graduate

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