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Hardly had she got in the bath when the postman knocked on the door with a parcel.
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Vocabulary list

kanojo
pronoun
  1. she; her
noun
  1. girlfriend
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)
ofuronihairu

Plain Past Indicative Form

ofuronihaitta
expression, godan verb
  1. to take a bath; to have a bath
  2. to take a shower
o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
furo
noun
  1. bath; bathing; bathtub; bathroom
  2. bathhouse; public bath
  3. room for drying lacquerware
  4. base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
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
hairu

Plain Past Indicative Form

haitta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to enter; to go into
  2. to break into
  3. to join; to enroll
  4. to contain; to hold; to accommodate
  5. to have (an income of)
  6. to get turned on; to start functioning; to start working
  7. to get; to obtain; to receive; to score
Suffix after the past tense of a verb
totanni
adverb
  1. just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that (after past tense of verb)
totan
noun, adverb
  1. just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
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
yuubinya
noun
  1. postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier
yuubin
noun
  1. mail service; postal service; mail; post
  2. mail; postal matter; postal items
ya
suffix
  1. (something) shop (usu. 屋)
  2. somebody who sells (something) or works as (something) (usu. 屋, can be derog.)
  3. somebody with a (certain) personality trait (usu. 屋)
noun
  1. house (usu. 家)
  2. roof
san
suffix
  1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san (after a person's name (or position, etc.))
  2. politeness marker (usu. after a noun or sometimes na-adjective)
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)
kodutsumi
noun
  1. parcel; package
ko
prefix
  1. small; little; slight
  2. slightly less than; just about
  3. somewhat; somehow
  4. minor; petty (sometimes derogatory)
tsutsumi
noun
  1. bundle; package; parcel
counter
  1. counter for wrapped objects
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.
motsu

te-form

motte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
  2. to possess; to have; to own
  3. to maintain; to keep
  4. to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
  5. to take charge of; to be in charge of
  6. to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
moru

te-form

motte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with
  2. to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up
  3. to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe
  4. to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
  5. to mark out (e.g. scale); to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
  6. to exaggerate; to apply heavy makeup
doa
noun
  1. door (Western-style, car, etc.)
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.
nokku
noun, suru verb
  1. knock; knocking
  2. fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
suru

Plain Past Indicative Form

shita
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)

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