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In the automotive industry of the 1970's, Japan beat the U.S. at its own game.
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Vocabulary list

nendai
noun
  1. age; era; period; date
nippon
noun
  1. Japan
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
jidoushasangyou
noun
  1. automotive industry
jidousha
noun
  1. car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
sangyou
noun, no adjective
  1. industry
noun
  1. livelihood; occupation
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
bunya
noun
  1. field; sphere; realm; division; branch
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.)
amerika
noun
  1. America
  2. United States of America
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
okabuwoubau

Plain Past Indicative Form

okabuwoubatta
expression, godan verb
  1. to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty
okabu
noun
  1. one's forte; strong point; specialty; speciality
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.
ubau

Plain Past Indicative Form

ubatta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

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