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The line of cars stretched all the way from the expressway to the city centre.
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Vocabulary list

kuruma
noun
  1. car; automobile; vehicle
  2. wheel
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
retsu
noun
  1. row; line; file; column; queue; rank; procession
  2. company (of someone); group; ranks
  3. sequence
counter
  1. counter for rows
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)
kousokudouro
noun
  1. highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
kousoku
na adjective, no adjective, noun
  1. high-speed; rapid; express
noun
  1. highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
douro
noun
  1. road; highway
kara
particle
  1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
  2. from (originator); by
  3. because; since (follows verbs, adjectives)
  4. out of (constituent, part)
  5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
  6. after; since (following the te-form of a verb)
  7. expresses sympathy or warning
machi
noun
  1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood (esp. 町)
  2. downtown; main street
  3. street; road
  4. 109.09 m
  5. 0.99 hectares
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
chuushinbu
noun
  1. central part; heart (of a city)
chuushin
noun, no adjective
  1. center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance
suffix
  1. -centered; -centred; -focused; -oriented; centered on; focused on
bu
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. department (in an organization); division; bureau (higher than a 課)
  2. club
  3. part; component; element
  4. category
counter
  1. counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
made
particle
  1. until (a time); till; to; up to
  2. to (a place); as far as
  3. to (an extent); up to; so far as; even
  4. only; merely
zutto
adverb
  1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
  2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
  3. far away; long ago
  4. direct; straight
nobiru

te-form

nobite
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to grow (of hair, height, grass, etc.)
  2. to straighten out; to be flattened; to become smooth
  3. to spread (of paint, cream, etc.)
  4. to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
  5. to lose elasticity; to become slack; to become soggy (e.g. noodles)
  6. to make progress; to develop; to expand; to increase; to improve
  7. to be exhausted; to be groggy; to pass out; to collapse
  8. to be prolonged (meeting, life span, etc.); to be extended (e.g. deadline); to lengthen (e.g. of the days)
  9. to be postponed; to be delayed; to be put off
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)

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