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In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.
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Vocabulary list

mabataku
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat (またたく is sometimes used transitively)
  2. to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
uchi
noun, adverb
  1. inside; within
  2. while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of
  3. among; amongst; (out) of; between (as 〜のうち)
noun
  1. in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success) (also 裡, 裏; as のうちに after a noun representing a state or condition)
  2. within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts
noun, no adjective
  1. we; our company; our organization
  2. one's home; one's family (also 家)
noun
  1. my spouse; my husband; my wife
  2. signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife (in a letter after the husband's name)
pronoun
  1. I; me (primarily used by women and children)
noun
  1. imperial palace grounds
  2. emperor
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
tenisubooru
noun
  1. tennis ball
booru
noun
  1. ball
  2. ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone)
  3. bowl
  4. board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
daino
pre-noun adjectival
  1. large; big
  2. grown (man, etc.)
  3. great (friend, etc.); huge (football fan, etc.)
dai
prefix, na adjective, noun
  1. large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
prefix
  1. great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
suffix
  1. -sized; as big as; the size of
suffix, prefix
  1. university
noun
  1. large (e.g. serving size); large option
  2. long month (i.e. having 31 days)
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
dango
noun
  1. dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy
  2. ball-shaped object; something round
  3. lump; group; bunch; knot; tight crowd
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)
kiesaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kiesatta
godan verb
  1. to disappear; to vanish

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