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With regard to big inventions, chance has played a very small part.
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Vocabulary list

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)
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hatsumei
noun, suru verb
  1. invention
na adjective
  1. intelligent; clever; smart
noun, suru verb
  1. making sense (of something); understanding
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nikanshite
expression
  1. related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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guuzen
noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity
adverb
  1. by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally
noun
  1. contingency (philosophy)
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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honno
pre-noun adjectival
  1. mere; only; just; slight
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chiisana
pre-noun adjectival
  1. small; little; tiny
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yakuwari
noun
  1. part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
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shika
particle
  1. only; nothing but (used with neg. verb)
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suru

Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

shinakatta
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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