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The whole family was out harvesting the corn.
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Vocabulary list

kazoku
noun, no adjective
  1. family; members of a family
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
mina
noun, pronoun, adverb
  1. everyone; everybody; all
noun, adverb
  1. everything; all
kokumotsu
noun, no adjective
  1. grain; cereal; corn
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
shuukaku
noun, suru verb
  1. harvest; crop; ingathering
  2. fruits (of one's labors); gain; result; returns
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
deru

te-form

dete
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (from ..て or で plus いる; indicates continuing action or state)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
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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