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Ants are swarming around the sugar.
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Vocabulary list

ari
no adjective, noun
  1. existing (at the present moment)
na adjective, noun
  1. alright; acceptable; passable
irregular ru verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
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)
satou
noun
  1. sugar
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
takaru

te-form

takatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to gather; to crowd round; to swarm; to flock
  2. to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to pester (someone for something); to bum; to cadge
  3. to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
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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