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Today was the school closing ceremony for 2008.
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Vocabulary list

kyou
noun, adverb
  1. today; this day
  2. these days; recently; nowadays
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
heisei
noun
  1. Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
nendo
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year
  2. academic year; school year
  3. product year
nisenhachinen
  1. two thousand and eight years; 2,008 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)
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
shuugyoushiki
noun
  1. ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
shuugyou
noun, suru verb
  1. end of work day
  2. end of school term; end of school year
shiki
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. equation; formula; expression
  2. ceremony
  3. style
  4. enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
da

Polite Past Indicative Form

deshita
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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