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It was the hungry bears that the villagers were afraid of.
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Vocabulary list

murabito
noun
  1. villager
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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)
osoru
osoru
osoru
osoru

Potential Plain te-form

osorete
Nidan verb (upper class) with 'ru' ending (archaic), yondan verb (archaic), Nidan verb (lower class) with 'ru' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
  1. to fear; to be afraid
osoreru
osoreru
osoreru
osoreru

te-form

osorete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to fear; to be afraid of
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
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
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
ueru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ueta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to starve; to be famished; to be hungry
  2. to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
kuma
noun
  1. bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
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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