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We were stuck up in heavy traffic this morning.
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kesa
noun, adverb
  1. this morning
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koutsuujuutai
noun
  1. traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock
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koutsuu
noun, suru verb
  1. traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
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juutai
noun, suru verb
  1. congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
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de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
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ugoki
noun
  1. movement; move; motion
  2. trend; development; change; fluctuation
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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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toru

Potential Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

torenakatta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch
  2. to pass; to hand; to give
  3. to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation)
  4. to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose
  5. to remove; to get rid of; to take off
  6. to take away; to steal; to rob
  7. to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
  8. to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish)
  9. to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside
  10. to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep
  11. to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp
  12. to record; to take down
  13. to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get
  14. to order; to have delivered
  15. to charge; to fine; to take (tax)
  16. to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept
  17. to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
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toru

Potential Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

torenakatta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
  2. to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
  3. to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
  4. to assume (an attitude)
  5. to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
  6. to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)
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