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I was a little behind in my loan payments.
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Vocabulary list

watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
roon
noun
  1. loan
  2. roan
  3. lawn (i.e. short grass)
  4. lawn (type of cotton cloth)
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
shiharai
noun
  1. payment
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)
sukoshi
adverb, noun
  1. small quantity; little; few; something
  2. little while
  3. short distance
todokooru

te-form

todokootte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone
  2. to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
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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