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The driver couldn't have stopped at the signal.
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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 ...
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untenshu
noun
  1. driver; chauffeur
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unten
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run
  2. driving
  3. working (capital, etc.)
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te
noun
  1. hand; arm (occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
  2. forepaw; foreleg
  3. handle
  4. hand; worker; help
  5. trouble; care; effort
  6. means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
  7. hand; handwriting
  8. kind; type; sort
  9. one's hands; one's possession
  10. ability to cope
  11. hand (of cards)
  12. direction
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. move (in go, shogi, etc.)
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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shingou
noun, suru verb
  1. signal; signalling; signaling
noun
  1. traffic light; traffic signal
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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.)
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tomaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tomatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to stop (moving); to come to a stop
  2. to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
  3. to alight; to perch on
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hazuganai
expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
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hazu
auxiliary
  1. should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be)
noun
  1. nock (of a bow)
  2. nock (of an arrow)
  3. nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)
  4. wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
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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)
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nai
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
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