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The train was so crowded that I was kept standing all the way.
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Vocabulary list

kisha
noun
  1. train (esp. long distance train)
  2. steam train (orig. meaning)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
komu

te-form

konde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be crowded; to be packed
  2. to be complex
auxiliary verb
  1. to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly
  2. to do intently
  3. to continue in the same state
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

te-form

ite
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
zutto
adverb
  1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
  2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
  3. far away; long ago
  4. direct; straight
tachidooshi
expression
  1. remain standing; keeping standing (all the way)
tachi
noun
  1. departure; setting off; start
  2. being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
  3. passage of time; lapse
  4. rehearsal
  5. leading male role in kabuki
  6. rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; faceoff
prefix
  1. verb prefix conveying emphasis and sometimes formality
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
dooshi
suffix
  1. keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop (after -masu stem of verb)
da

Plain Past Indicative Form

datta
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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