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A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.
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Vocabulary list

kyodai
na adjective, noun
  1. huge; gigantic; enormous
na
particle
  1. don't (prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb)
  2. do (imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb)
interjection
  1. hey; listen; you
particle
  1. now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know (when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end)
  2. wow; ooh (used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end)
renpou
noun, no adjective
  1. commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
zaiseiakaji
noun
  1. budget deficit
zaisei
noun
  1. public finance
  2. financial affairs; financial situation
akaji
noun
  1. (being in) the red; deficit
  2. red letter; red writing
  3. corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
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)
amerika
noun
  1. America
  2. United States of America
keizai
noun
  1. economy; economics
  2. finance; (one's) finances; financial circumstances
  3. being economical; economy; thrift
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.
naganen
noun, adverb
  1. long time; many years
niwatatte
expression
  1. throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
wataru

te-form

watatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to cross over; to go across (usu. 渡る or 渉る)
  2. to extend; to cover; to range; to span (usu. 亘る or 亙る)
kurushimeru

te-form

kurushimete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to hurt
  2. to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict; to distress; to bother; to trouble; to stump; to baffle
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
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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