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The newspaper began to lose readers when it dispensed with one of its most popular writers.
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Vocabulary list

kono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
  2. last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this (in ref. to a stretch of time or date)
  3. you (as in "you liar") (emphatic, accusatory, insulting)
shinbun
noun
  1. newspaper
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
mottomo
adverb
  1. most; extremely
ninkinoaru
expression, noun or verb acting prenominally
  1. popular
ninki
noun, no adjective
  1. popularity; public favor
noun
  1. condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature
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
aru
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about
hissha
noun
  1. writer; author (often in self-reference)
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.
hazusu

te-form

hazushite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo
  2. to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel
  3. to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away
  4. to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season)
  5. to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.)
kara
particle
  1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
  2. from (originator); by
  3. because; since (follows verbs, adjectives)
  4. out of (constituent, part)
  5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
  6. after; since (following the te-form of a verb)
  7. expresses sympathy or warning
dokushasuu
noun
  1. reader numbers; number of subscribers (e.g. to a magazine); readership
dokusha
noun
  1. reader
suu
prefix
  1. several; a number of
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. quantity; amount
noun
  1. counting; figures; numbers
  2. number; numeral; figure
  3. grammatical number
  4. destiny; fate; course of events; trend
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.
herasu

masu stem

herashi
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
hajimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

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

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