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With the appearance of a promising new writer, the aging novelist fell from prominence.
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Vocabulary list

shinshinsakka
noun
  1. rising novelist
shinshin
noun, no adjective
  1. rising; up-and-coming
sakka
noun
  1. author; writer; novelist; artist
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
toujou
noun, suru verb
  1. entry (on stage); appearance (on screen)
  2. entrance; introduction (into a market)
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
rou
noun, noun, used as a prefix, noun, used as a suffix
  1. old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder
pronoun
  1. I; me; my humble self (used by the elderly)
sakka
noun
  1. author; writer; novelist; artist
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kagenousui
expression, i adjective
  1. inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
kage
noun
  1. shadow; silhouette; figure; shape
  2. reflection; image
  3. ominous sign
  4. light (stars, moon)
  5. trace; shadow (of one's former self)
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
usui
i adjective
  1. thin (in ref. to objects, not to people)
  2. pale; light; faint
  3. watery; thin; dilute
  4. weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
  5. slim (probability, etc.); small
  6. sparse; patchy; scattered
sonzai
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. existence; being
tonaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tonatta
expression, godan verb
  1. to become; to amount to
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)
naru

Plain Past Indicative Form

natta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)

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