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A car was coming in this direction.
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Vocabulary list

kuruma
noun
  1. car; automobile; vehicle
  2. wheel
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)
ichidai
noun
  1. one machine; one vehicle
ichi
numeric, prefix
  1. one (壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
no adjective, suffix
  1. best
no adjective
  1. first; foremost
noun
  1. beginning; start
noun, used as a prefix
  1. a (single); one (of many) (before a noun)
noun
  1. ace (playing card)
  2. bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
dai
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
  2. support; holder; rack
counter
  1. counter for machines, incl. vehicles
noun
  1. setting (e.g. in jewellery)
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life)
noun
  1. elevated area
  2. viewing platform
  3. dish tray
  4. meal
  5. tall building; tower
kochira
pronoun
  1. this way; this direction (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)
  2. here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
  3. this (one) (something physically close to the speaker)
  4. I; me; we; us
  5. this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)
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
hou
noun
  1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
  2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.)
  3. type; category
  4. field (of study, etc.)
  5. indicates one side of a comparison
  6. way; method; manner; means
  7. length (of each side of a square)
hou
noun
  1. peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish)
he
particle
  1. to; towards; for (indicates direction or goal; pronounced え in modern Japanese)
chikaduku

te-form

chikaduite
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to approach; to draw near; to get close
  2. to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
Suffix after the te form of a verb
kuru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kita
kuru verb, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to come back; to do ... and come back (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue (after the -te form of a verb)

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