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Childhood is a period of rapid growth.
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Vocabulary list

kodomojidai
noun
  1. childhood
kodomo
noun
  1. child
jidai
noun
  1. period; epoch; era; age
  2. the times; those days
  3. oldness; ancientness; antiquity
  4. antique; period piece
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kyuusoku
na adjective, noun
  1. rapid (e.g. progress)
na
particle
  1. don't (prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb)
  2. do (imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb)
interjection
  1. hey; listen; you
particle
  1. now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know (when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end)
  2. wow; ooh (used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end)
seichou
noun, suru verb
  1. growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
  2. growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
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
jiki
noun, adverb
  1. time; season; period; phase; stage
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
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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