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Hastily acquired knowledge was not enough to solve the problem.
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Vocabulary list

niwakajikomi
noun
  1. hasty preparation
niwaka
na adjective, no adjective, noun
  1. sudden; abrupt; unexpected; improvised; hasty; offhand
noun
  1. impromptu skit (sometimes 仁輪加 (ateji))
  2. bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
shikomi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. training; education; upbringing
noun
  1. stocking up; laying in
  2. preparation (e.g. ingredients)
  3. girl studying to become a geisha
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
chishiki
noun
  1. knowledge; information
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.)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
mondai
noun
  1. question (e.g. on a test); problem
  2. problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
  3. question (i.e. doubt)
  4. public discussion; controversy
  5. trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
toku

Potential Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

tokenakatta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
  2. to unsew; to unstitch
  3. to solve; to work out; to answer
  4. to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
  5. to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
  6. to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
  7. to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

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