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You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.
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saikin
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
no adjective
  1. nearest; closest
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omoimoyoranai
expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
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omoi
noun
  1. thought
  2. imagination; mind; heart
  3. desire; wish; hope; expectation
  4. love; affection (e.g. Ａ思いのＢ for 'B who loves A')
  5. feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience
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mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as ＡもＢも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
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yoru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

yoranai
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to
  2. to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet
  3. to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit
  4. to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.)
  5. to grow (wrinkly) (in the form of しわが寄る)
  6. to lean against; to recline on (also written as 倚る, 凭る)
  7. to push one's opponent while holding their belt
  8. to decide on a price and come to a deal
  9. to be swayed by (a person); to yield to
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jiken
noun
  1. event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
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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)
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ooi
i adjective
  1. many; numerous; a lot
  2. large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
  3. frequent; common
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ne
particle
  1. right?; don't you think (at sentence end; indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.)
interjection
  1. hey; come on; listen
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jijitsuhashousetsuyorikinari
expression
  1. truth is stranger than fiction (from the English saying)
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jijitsu
adverb, noun
  1. fact; truth; reality
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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shousetsu
noun, no adjective
  1. novel; (short) story
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yori
particle
  1. than
  2. from; out of; since; at; on
  3. except; but; other than
adverb
  1. more
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ki
na adjective, noun
  1. strange; unconventional; eccentric; novel
noun
  1. odd; odd number
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nari
auxiliary verb, irregular ru verb
  1. to be (affirmative; meaning 〜だ、〜である)
  2. to be (location) (meaning 〜にある、〜にいる; usu. なる)
noun, suffix
  1. sum of money (indicates exact sum on a receipt, envelope, etc.)
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toha
expression, particle
  1. indicates word or phrase being defined
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) (indicates contrast or adds emphasis to a negative statement)
  3. with (more emphatic than と)
  4. (not) as much as; (not) so much as (with neg. verb)
  5. the fact that; to think that; such a thing as (indicates surprise, disbelief, anger, etc.; sometimes at sentence end)
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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)
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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yokuiu

Plain Past Indicative Form

yokuitta
godan verb
  1. to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty
  2. to say well; to say cleverly; to say elegantly
  3. to say often; to say frequently
  4. to say without shame; to say impudently (oft. as an admonition in the form of よく言うよ)
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yoku
adverb
  1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
  2. frequently; often
  3. I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
  4. (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
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iu

Plain Past Indicative Form

itta
godan verb
  1. to say; to utter; to declare
  2. to name; to call
  3. to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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mon
noun
  1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
  2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
  3. things; something; anything; everything; nothing
  4. quality
  5. reason; the way of things
  6. used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen (formal noun often used as 〜ものだ)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
  2. cause of ...; cause for ...
prefix
  1. somehow; somewhat; for some reason
  2. really; truly
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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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yo
particle
  1. hey; you (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.)
  2. hey (after a noun; used when calling out to someone)
  3. hey; hold on (in mid-sentence; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention)
interjection
  1. yo; hey
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