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Pretty soon along came a steam shovel and dug a road through the hill covered with daisies.
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Vocabulary list

soshite
conjunction
  1. and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
mamonaku
adverb
  1. soon; shortly; before long; in a short time; in a little while
  2. having no time to ...; with no time to ... (after the dictionary form of a verb)
shoberukaa
noun
  1. digger; excavator; power shovel
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)
yattekuru

te-form

yattekite
expression, kuru verb
  1. to come along; to come around; to turn up
  2. to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
hina
noun
  1. young bird; chick; fledgling
  2. hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
giku
noun, suru verb
  1. apprehension; uneasiness
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
hana
noun
  1. flower; blossom; bloom; petal
  2. cherry blossom
  3. beauty
  4. blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
  5. ikebana
  6. hanafuda
  7. (the) best (usu. as 〜が花)
no adjective
  1. glorious; lovely
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.)
ippai
noun, no adjective
  1. amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic)
na adjective
  1. full
noun
  1. one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat
adverb, no adjective, na adjective
  1. fully; to capacity
  2. a lot; much
noun, used as a suffix, noun, adverb
  1. all of ...; the entire ...
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
oka
noun
  1. hill; height; knoll; rising ground
  2. bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
horu

te-form

hotte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to dig; to excavate; to hollow
  2. to delve into
  3. to dig up (e.g. vegetables)
  4. (for two men) to have anal sex
douro
noun
  1. road; highway
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
tsukuru
tsukuru
tsukuru

masu stem

tsukuri
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc.; 創る usu. for creating)
  2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
  3. to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
  4. to till
  5. to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
  6. to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
  7. to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
  8. to have (a child)
  9. to make up (one's face, etc.)
  10. to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
  11. to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
  12. to form (a line, etc.)
  13. to set (a record)
  14. to commit (a sin, etc.)
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
hajimeru
hajimeru

Polite Past Indicative Form

hajimemashita
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to start ...; to begin to ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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