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The house was on the verge of collapse.
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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 ...
ie
noun
  1. house; residence; dwelling
  2. family; household
  3. lineage; family name
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
taorekakaru
taorekakaru

te-form

taorekakatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
  2. to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
taoreru

masu stem

taore
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple
  2. to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away
  3. to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork)
  4. to die; to be killed
  5. to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under
  6. to be defeated (in a game); to lose
  7. to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown
kakaru
kakaru

te-form

kakatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
godan verb
  1. to hang
  2. to come into view; to arrive
  3. to come under (a contract, a tax)
  4. to start (engines, motors)
  5. to attend; to deal with; to handle
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to have started to; to be on the verge of
godan verb
  1. to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to (come) at
godan verb
  1. to be fastened
  2. to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)
  3. to be caught in
  4. to get a call
  5. to depend on
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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