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Ben was believed to be a criminal.
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Vocabulary list

ben
noun, na adjective
  1. convenience; service; facility; accommodation
noun
  1. excreta (esp. faeces); excrement; stool
ben
noun
  1. speech; tongue; talk; eloquence
noun, used as a suffix
  1. dialect; brogue; accent
noun
  1. bento; Japanese box lunch
  2. petal
noun, no adjective
  1. valve
noun
  1. Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
ben
noun
  1. benkan (type of square ceremonial crown)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hanzaisha
noun
  1. criminal; culprit
hanzai
noun, no adjective
  1. crime; offence; offense
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
da
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)
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
shinjiru

Potential Plain te-form

shinjirarete

Passive Plain te-form

shinjirarete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
shinzuru

Potential Plain te-form

shinjirarete

Passive Plain te-form

shinjirarete
ichidan verb (zuru), transitive verb
  1. to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
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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