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I felt a small tremor, but rather than an earthquake, it was just a truck driving by.
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Vocabulary list

watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
chiisana
pre-noun adjectival
  1. small; little; tiny
yure
noun
  1. shaking; shake; jolt; jolting; vibration; tremor; flickering
  2. unsettledness; instability; vacillating; wavering
  3. existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
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.
kanjiru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kanjita
ichidan verb
  1. to feel; to sense; to experience
kanzuru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kanjita
ichidan verb (zuru), intransitive verb
  1. to feel; to sense
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)
jishin
noun
  1. earthquake
dehanai

Adverbial Form

dehanaku
expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. is not; am not; are not
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.)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
nai

Adverbial Form

naku
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
tada
no adjective, noun
  1. ordinary; common; usual
  2. free of charge (only 只)
  3. unaffected; as is; safe (usu. as ただでは...)
adverb
  1. only; merely; just; simply
conjunction
  1. but; however; nevertheless (esp. 但)
torakku
noun
  1. truck; lorry
  2. track (running, CD, etc.)
  3. track events
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)
tooru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tootta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
  2. to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to connect
  3. to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
  4. to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
  5. to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
  6. to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
  7. to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
  8. to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
  9. to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
  10. to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
  11. to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
  12. to pass for; to come across as; to seem like
  13. to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
  14. to be well-informed; to be wise
suffix, godan verb
  1. to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly (after the -masu stem of a verb)
dake
particle
  1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone
  2. as much as; to the extent of; enough to
da

Plain Past Indicative Form

datta
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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