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Mother put the food on the table and told the children to dig in.
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Vocabulary list

okaasan
noun
  1. mother; mom; mum; ma
  2. wife
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
ryouri
noun, suru verb
  1. cooking; cookery; cuisine; meal; food; dish; item on a menu
  2. dealing with something; handling; administration; management (nuance of doing it easily)
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.
shokutaku
noun, no adjective
  1. dining table
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
narabu

Potential Plain te-form

narabete
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to line up; to stand in a line
  2. to rival; to match; to equal
naraberu

te-form

narabete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
  2. to enumerate; to itemize
  3. to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)
taberu

Imperative Polite Present Indicative Form

tabenasai
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to eat
  2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
toitta
conjunction
  1. such ... as; or some such
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
iu

Plain Past Indicative Form

itta
godan verb
  1. to say; to utter; to declare
  2. to name; to call
  3. to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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