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The rain compelled the water to run over the banks.
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ame
noun
  1. rain
  2. rainy day; rainy weather
  3. the November suit (in hanafuda)
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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
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tame
noun, adverb
  1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  2. sake; purpose; objective; aim
  3. consequence; result; effect
  4. affecting; regarding; concerning
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mizu
noun
  1. water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) (み is generally used in compounds)
  2. fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
  3. flood; floodwaters
  4. water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
  5. break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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teibou
noun, suru verb
  1. bank; weir; embankment; levee
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kara
particle
  1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
  2. from (originator); by
  3. because; since (follows verbs, adjectives)
  4. out of (constituent, part)
  5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
  6. after; since (following the te-form of a verb)
  7. expresses sympathy or warning
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afureru

te-form

afurete
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to overflow; to brim over; to flood
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nagareru

Plain Past Indicative Form

nagareta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink)
  2. to be washed away; to be carried
  3. to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray
  4. to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate
  5. to be heard (e.g. music); to be played
  6. to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair)
  7. to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted
  8. to be called off; to be forfeited
  9. to disappear; to be removed
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