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We were delayed by traffic congestion, so we had to hurry.
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Vocabulary list

watashitachi
watashitachi
watashitachi
pronoun
  1. we; us
watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
tachi
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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)
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
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
okuru

Potential Plain Past Indicative Form

okureta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
  2. to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
  3. to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
  4. to spend (time); to live one's life
  5. to pass (down the line)
  6. to affix okurigana
node
particle
  1. that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
isogu

Provisional Present Indicative Negative Form

isoganakereba
godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
  1. to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
naru

Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

naranakatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)

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