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Last year, I spent so much time by myself that I almost forgot how to communicate effectively with others.
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Vocabulary list

kyonen
noun, adverb
  1. last year
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
tanin
noun
  1. another person; other people; others
  2. unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)
  3. outsider; stranger
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)
douyatte
expression
  1. how; in what way; by what means
dou
adverb
  1. how; in what way; how about
yaru

te-form

yatte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study
  2. to send; to dispatch; to despatch
  3. to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
  4. to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
  5. to make (a vehicle) go faster
  6. to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
  7. to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
  8. to hold (a performance); to perform; to show
  9. to ease (one's mind)
  10. to harm; to injure; to kill
  11. to have sex with
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to live; to get by; to get along
suffix, godan verb
  1. to do ... completely (after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative)
  2. to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance (after the -masu stem of a verb)
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance) (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to make active efforts to ... (after the -te form of a verb)
komyunikeeshon
noun
  1. communication
toru

Provisional Present Indicative Form

toreba
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch
  2. to pass; to hand; to give
  3. to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation)
  4. to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose
  5. to remove; to get rid of; to take off
  6. to take away; to steal; to rob
  7. to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
  8. to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish)
  9. to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside
  10. to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep
  11. to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp
  12. to record; to take down
  13. to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get
  14. to order; to have delivered
  15. to charge; to fine; to take (tax)
  16. to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept
  17. to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
iika
interjection
  1. listen! (used to get someone's attention)
expression
  1. you see; mind you; remember
ii
i adjective (yoi/ii)
  1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable (also written 良い, 好い and 善い)
  2. sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  3. profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  4. OK; all right; fine; no problem (as て(も)いい, と(も)いい, etc.; indicates permission or compromise)
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
wasureru

te-form

wasurete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
shimau

masu stem

shimai
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to do completely; to finish (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do (after the -te form of a verb)
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
kakeru
suffix, ichidan verb
  1. to be partway doing ...; to begin (but not complete) ...; to be about to ... (after -masu stem of verb)
  2. to address (someone); to direct (something, to someone); to do (something, to someone) (after -masu stem of verb; indicates an action is being directed to someone)
kurai
suffix, particle
  1. approximately; about; around; or so (also written as 位)
  2. to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least
  3. as ... as ...; like
sorehodo
adverb
  1. to that degree; to that extent; that much
nagaiaida
expression, noun, adverb
  1. long time; long interval; for quite some time
nagai
i adjective
  1. long (distance, length)
  2. long (time); protracted; prolonged
aida
noun
  1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
  1. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
noun
  1. between (two parties or things)
  2. among (a group)
  3. relations (between); relationship
  4. midpoint; average; halfway; middle ground
conjunction
  1. due to; because of
boku
pronoun
  1. I; me
  2. you (when addressing young boys)
  3. manservant
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kodoku
noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. solitude; loneliness; isolation
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
sugosu

Plain Past Indicative Form

sugoshita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to pass (time); to spend
  2. to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
  3. to take care of; to support
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to overdo; to do too much
  2. to ... without acting on it

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