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A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.
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Vocabulary list

ginkou
noun
  1. bank; banking institution
sukyandaru
noun
  1. scandal
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kokkaigijidou
noun
  1. national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
kokkai
noun
  1. National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)
  2. Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
  3. legislative assembly; parliament; congress
gijidou
noun
  1. assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
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.
kakenukeru
kakenukeru

Polite Past Indicative Form

kakenukemashita
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

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