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After 1639 Japan closed the door to foreign cuisine.
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senroppyakusanjuukyuunen
senroppyakusanjuukunen
  1. one thousand six hundred and thirty nine years; 1,639 years
nen
noun
  1. year
counter
  1. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)
noun
  1. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ikou
noun, adverb
  1. on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
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
gaikoku
noun, no adjective
  1. foreign country
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)
nitaishite
expression
  1. towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
monkowotozasu

Plain Past Indicative Form

monkowotozashita
expression, godan verb
  1. to close the door (to); to shut the door (to); to exclude
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.
tozasu

Plain Past Indicative Form

tozashita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to shut; to close; to fasten; to lock
  2. to block (a street, entrance, etc.)
  3. to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to cut off; to cover (e.g. in darkness) (usu. in the passive)
  4. to consume (with negative feelings); to fill (e.g. with sadness); to bury (e.g. in grief) (usu. in the passive)

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