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The official got the sack for currying favor with the contractors.
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Vocabulary list

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 ...
yakunin
noun
  1. government official
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
ukeoigyousha
noun
  1. independent contractor
ukeoi
noun
  1. contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
gyousha
noun
  1. trader; dealer; businessman; vendor; supplier; manufacturer
  2. fellow trader; people in the same trade
hairu

Plain Past Indicative Form

haitta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to enter; to go into
  2. to break into
  3. to join; to enroll
  4. to contain; to hold; to accommodate
  5. to have (an income of)
  6. to get turned on; to start functioning; to start working
  7. to get; to obtain; to receive; to score
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
do
particle
  1. but; however (after the -ba stem of a verb)
  2. even though; even if
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.)
ku
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
  2. phrase
  3. verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
  4. haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
  5. maxim; saying; idiom; expression
ku
noun
  1. ward; borough; city (in Tokyo)
  2. district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
ku
ku
ku
numeric
  1. nine (玖 is used in legal documents)
ku
noun
  1. pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship
  2. duhkha (suffering)
ku
counter, suffix
  1. counter for Buddhist images (statues and paintings)
ku
noun
  1. klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
ku
noun
  1. mouth; speech
suffix, counter
  1. counter for people or implements (usu. こう)

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