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After a slow summer season, business began to pick up.
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Vocabulary list

fukeiki
noun, na adjective
  1. economic slump; hard times; depression; recession
na adjective, noun
  1. poor (business); dull; slack; inactive
  2. gloomy; cheerless; dismal
na
particle
  1. don't (prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb)
  2. do (imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb)
interjection
  1. hey; listen; you
particle
  1. now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know (when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end)
  2. wow; ooh (used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end)
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
kikan
noun
  1. period; term; interval
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)
sugiru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
  2. to pass (of time); to elapse
  3. to have expired; to have ended; to be over
  4. to exceed; to surpass; to be above
  5. to be no more than ... (as 〜に過ぎない, etc.)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, suffix
  1. to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ... (often used after adj. stems or the -masu stems of verbs)
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)
shoubai
noun, suru verb
  1. trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kakkiduku

Plain Past Indicative Form

kakkiduita
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become animated; to liven up; to become active

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