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The fallen tree arrested the current of a brook.
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taoreru

Plain Past Indicative Form

taoreta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple
  2. to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away
  3. to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork)
  4. to die; to be killed
  5. to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under
  6. to be defeated (in a game); to lose
  7. to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown
ki
noun
  1. tree; shrub; bush
  2. wood; timber
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)
ogawa
noun
  1. stream; brook; creek
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
nagare
noun
  1. flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current
  2. flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency
  3. course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process
  4. group of people who remain together after the end of an event
  5. descent; ancestry; school
  6. forfeiture; foreclosure
  7. cancellation (usu. as お流れ)
  8. drifting; wandering; roaming
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.
sekitomeru
sekitomeru
sekitomeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

sekitometa
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to bring to a halt; to intercept
  2. to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

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