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The hall could seat a thousand people before it was partitioned.
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Vocabulary list

hooru
noun
  1. hall (dance, concert, etc.)
  2. dining area of a restaurant
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shikiri
noun
  1. partition; division; boundary; compartment
  2. settlement of accounts
  3. preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark
  4. directing; controlling; managing; taking responsibility for
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
moukeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to prepare; to provide
  2. to set up; to establish; to organize; to lay down (rules); to make (an excuse)
mae
noun
  1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
noun, no adjective
  1. (the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
noun
  1. forward; ahead
  2. (in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
no adjective
  1. previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
suffix
  1. portion; helping (after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb)
noun
  1. front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
  2. privates; private parts
  3. criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
sennin
  1. one thousand people; 1,000 people
sen
numeric
  1. 1,000; thousand (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
nin
counter
  1. counter for people
shuuyou
noun, suru verb
  1. accommodation; reception; housing
  2. seating
  3. custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment
  4. admission; hospitalization
  5. entering (e.g. in dictionary)
dekiru

Plain Past Indicative Form

dekita
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
  2. to be ready; to be completed
  3. to be made; to be built
  4. to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
  5. to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
  6. to grow; to be raised
  7. to become pregnant

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