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They got the sack for being careless and tardy.
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Vocabulary list

ano
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; those; the (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
renchuu
noun
  1. company; lot; bunch; gang; pack; those guys; group (familiar or derogatory)
  2. troupe; company (of musicians)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
keisotsu
na adjective, noun
  1. rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
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.)
shigoto
noun, suru verb
  1. work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
noun
  1. work
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)
noroi

Plain Past Indicative Form

norokatta
i adjective
  1. thickheaded; obtuse; stupid
  2. slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic
  3. indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
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
ku
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
  2. phrase
  3. verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
  4. haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
  5. maxim; saying; idiom; expression
ku
noun
  1. ward; borough; city (in Tokyo)
  2. district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
ku
ku
ku
numeric
  1. nine (玖 is used in legal documents)
ku
noun
  1. pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship
  2. duhkha (suffering)
ku
counter, suffix
  1. counter for Buddhist images (statues and paintings)
ku
noun
  1. klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
ku
noun
  1. mouth; speech
suffix, counter
  1. counter for people or implements (usu. こう)

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