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A long time ago, around here, a nice schoolteacher called Matsumoto tried to rescue one of his pupils, but on the contrary he ended up drowning.
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Vocabulary list

konohen
pronoun
  1. this area; around here
  2. this point; (for) now
kono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
  2. last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this (in ref. to a stretch of time or date)
  3. you (as in "you liar") (emphatic, accusatory, insulting)
hen
noun
  1. area; vicinity; region
  2. side; edge
  3. circumstances
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.)
mukashi
no adjective, noun, adverb
  1. olden days; former
kundou
noun, suru verb
  1. instruction; guidance; tutelage
noun
  1. licensed elementary school teacher
toiu
expression
  1. called; named; that says; that
  2. as many as; as much as (after a quantity)
  3. all ...; every single ... (as ...という...)
yasashii
i adjective
  1. tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
sensei
noun
  1. teacher; instructor; master
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
noun
  1. intimate or teasing form of address
  2. one's elder (orig. meaning)
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)
oshiego
noun
  1. one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
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.
sukuu

Plain Presumptive Form

sukuou
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to rescue from; to help out of; to save
Suffix after the volitional form of a verb
toshite
expression
  1. thinking that...; trying to... (after a volitional form)
Suffix after the volitional form of a verb
tosuru

te-form

toshite
expression, suru verb (irregular)
  1. to try to ...; to be about to do ... (after the volitional form of verb)
kaette
adverb
  1. on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
jibun
pronoun
  1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  2. I; me
  3. you
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)
dekishi
noun, suru verb
  1. death by drowning
nasu

Passive Plain Past Indicative Form

nasareta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to build up; to establish (esp. 成す)
  2. to form; to become (a state) (esp. 成す)
  3. to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in
  4. to change into
  5. to do; to perform (esp. 為す)
auxiliary verb
  1. to intend to; to attempt; to try

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