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The teacher said that World War II broke out in 1939.
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Vocabulary list

sensei
noun
  1. teacher; instructor; master
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
noun
  1. intimate or teasing form of address
  2. one's elder (orig. meaning)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
dainijisekaitaisen
noun
  1. Second World War; World War II; WWII; WW2
daini
noun, no adjective
  1. second
dai
prefix
  1. prefix for forming ordinal numbers
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
ji
prefix
  1. next
  2. hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)
counter
  1. order; sequence; time; times
sekaitaisen
noun
  1. world war
sekai
noun
  1. the world; society; the universe
  2. sphere; circle; world
no adjective
  1. world-renowned; world-famous
noun
  1. realm governed by one Buddha; space (original meaning)
taisen
noun
  1. great war; great battle
  2. world war
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
senkyuuhyakusanjuukyuunen
senkyuuhyakusanjuukunen
  1. one thousand nine hundred and thirty nine years; 1,939 years
nen
noun
  1. year
counter
  1. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)
noun
  1. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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
okoru

Plain Past Indicative Form

okotta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to occur; to happen
toitta
conjunction
  1. such ... as; or some such
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
iu

Plain Past Indicative Form

itta
godan verb
  1. to say; to utter; to declare
  2. to name; to call
  3. to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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