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No sooner had I opened the box than a frog jumped out.
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Vocabulary list

watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
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)
hako
noun
  1. box; case; chest; package; pack; crate
  2. car (of a train, etc.)
  3. shamisen case; shamisen
  4. public building; community building (often written as ハコ)
  5. man who carries a geisha's shamisen
  6. receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces)
suffix, counter
  1. counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
akeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
  2. to open (for business, etc.)
  3. to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room (esp. 空ける)
  4. to move out; to clear out (esp. 空ける)
  5. to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) (esp. 空ける)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to dawn; to grow light (esp. 明ける)
  2. to end (of a period, season) (esp. 明ける)
  3. to begin (of the New Year) (esp. 明ける)
  4. to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) (esp. 明ける)
  5. to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
aku

Potential Plain Present Indicative Form

akeru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to open (e.g. doors) (esp. 開く)
  2. to open (e.g. business, etc.) (esp. 開く)
  3. to be empty (esp. 空く)
  4. to be vacant; to be available; to be free (esp. 空く)
  5. to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) (esp. 明く)
  6. to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (esp. 明く)
  7. to come to an end (esp. 明く)
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (esp. 明く)
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
suguni
adverb
  1. immediately; right away; at once; instantly
sugu
adverb, noun
  1. immediately; at once; right away; directly
  2. soon; before long; shortly
  3. easily; readily; without difficulty
  4. right (near); nearby; just (handy)
na adjective
  1. honest; upright; frank; straightforward
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
kaeru
noun
  1. frog
  2. kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
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)
tobidasu

Plain Past Indicative Form

tobidashita
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to jump out; to rush out; to fly out
  2. to appear (suddenly)
  3. to protrude; to project
  4. to butt in
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to run away (e.g. from home); to break away; to cut ties with (e.g. workplace)
tobu

masu stem

tobi
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fly; to soar (esp. 飛ぶ)
  2. to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop (esp. 跳ぶ)
  3. to spatter; to scatter; to splash; to fly (e.g. of sparks)
  4. to hurry; to rush
  5. to flee; to run off; to escape
  6. to disappear; to vanish; to fade; to thin out
  7. to break off; to come off; to fall off; to blow (of a fuse)
  8. to be sent out (of an order); to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.)
  9. to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.)
  10. to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.); to skip; to jump (e.g. of a conversation)
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
dasu

Plain Past Indicative Form

dashita
suffix, godan verb
  1. ... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out) (after the -masu stem of a verb)
  2. to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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