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Drug addiction is a cancer in modern society.
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mayakuchuudoku
noun, no adjective
  1. drug addiction
mayaku
noun
  1. narcotic; drug; dope
chuudoku
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. poisoning
noun, used as a suffix
  1. addiction
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
gendaishakai
noun
  1. modern society
gendai
noun, no adjective
  1. present age; present day; today
  2. modern era; modern times
shakai
noun
  1. society; public; community; the world
  2. social studies
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
da
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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