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Our plane was about thirty minutes late.
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Vocabulary list

watashitachi
pronoun
  1. we; us
watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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
noru

Plain Past Indicative Form

notta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
  2. to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount
  3. to reach; to go over; to pass
  4. to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.)
  5. to take part; to participate; to join
  6. to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.)
  7. to be deceived; to be taken in
  8. to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered (usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る)
  9. to stick; to attach; to take; to go on (usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る)
hikouki
noun
  1. aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
sanjuppun
sanjippun
  1. thirty minutes; 30 minutes
sanjuu
numeric
  1. thirty; 30
fun
noun, counter
  1. minute (unit of time)
  2. fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
hodo
noun, adverb
  1. extent; degree; measure
noun
  1. limit; bounds
  2. (span of) time
  3. (a) distance
  4. the state of; the status of; the condition of (as 〜のほど)
particle
  1. about; around; approximately; or so
  2. as much as ...; to the extent of ...; like ...
  3. the more ... the more ... (oft. as 〜ば...ほど)
okureru

Plain Past Indicative Form

okureta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue (usu. 遅れる)
  2. to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be behind (the times) (oft. 後れる)
  3. to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death (oft. 後れる)
  4. to be slow (of a clock or watch)

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