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The airplane accident took place yesterday, a long way off at sea.
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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 ...
hikouki
noun
  1. aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
jiko
noun
  1. accident; incident; trouble
  2. circumstances; reasons
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kinou
noun, adverb
  1. yesterday
haruka
na adjective, adverb
  1. far away; far off; far; distant; in the distance
  2. long ago; long before
kaijou
noun, no adjective
  1. on the sea; surface of the sea
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.)
okoru

Plain Past Indicative Form

okotta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to occur; to happen

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