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If I had been in time for the train, I would be there now.
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Vocabulary list

moshi
adverb
  1. if; in case; supposing
ano
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; those; the (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
kisha
noun
  1. train (esp. long distance train)
  2. steam train (orig. meaning)
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
maniau
maniau

te-form

maniatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be in time (for)
  2. to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough; to manage; to make do
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)
naraba
auxiliary
  1. if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that (hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle)
  2. as for; on the topic of
conjunction
  1. if that's the case; if so; that being the case
  2. if possible; if circumstances allow
imagoro
noun, adverb
  1. about this time
achira
pronoun
  1. that way; that direction; over there; yonder (direction distant from both speaker and listener)
  2. that (one) (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener)
  3. that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener. あちら is polite)
  4. there; over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation) (place distant from both speaker and listener)
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
tsuku

te-form

tsuite
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to arrive at; to reach
  2. to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
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)
da

Polite Presumptive Form

deshou
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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