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The cost of living has shot through the ceiling in the last year.
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Vocabulary list

seikeihi
noun
  1. living expenses
seikei
noun
  1. livelihood; living
hi
noun, used as a suffix
  1. cost; expense
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
sakunen
noun, adverb
  1. last year
unaginobori
noun, no adjective
  1. rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
unagi
noun
  1. eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
nobori
noun
  1. ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
  2. up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route
no adjective, noun
  1. upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. upstream; uphill
da

Polite Past Indicative Form

deshita
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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