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Attempts to fight the fire with buckets soon proved fruitless.
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Vocabulary list

baketsu
noun
  1. bucket; pail (バケツ sometimes given the ateji 馬穴 and 馬尻)
  2. skip
niyoru
expression, godan verb
  1. by means of; due to; because of; according to
shoukakatsudou
noun
  1. fire fighting
shouka
noun, suru verb
  1. fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
katsudou
noun, suru verb
  1. activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action
noun
  1. movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
suguni
adverb
  1. immediately; right away; at once; instantly
sugu
adverb, noun
  1. immediately; at once; right away; directly
  2. soon; before long; shortly
  3. easily; readily; without difficulty
  4. right (near); nearby; just (handy)
na adjective
  1. honest; upright; frank; straightforward
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
shippai
noun, no adjective, suru verb
  1. failure; mistake; blunder
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)
wakaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

wakatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
  2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
interjection
  1. I know!; I think so too!

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