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There was an enormous traffic jam in downtown Kyoto.
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Vocabulary list

kyouto
noun
  1. Kyoto (city, prefecture)
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
hankagai
noun
  1. business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
hanka
na adjective, noun
  1. bustle; prosperity
gai
noun, used as a suffix, prefix
  1. ... street; ... quarter; ... district
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
koutsuujuutai
noun
  1. traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock
koutsuu
noun, suru verb
  1. traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
juutai
noun, suru verb
  1. congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
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)
sugoi

Plain Past Indicative Form

sugokatta
i adjective
  1. terrible; dreadful
  2. amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific
  3. to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
adverb
  1. awfully; very; immensely

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