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Furigana Show|Add to ▼ Source Totoeba Project
Pentagon officials won't say when the problem turned up and refused to discuss details about the flight.
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Vocabulary list

kokubousoushou
noun
  1. Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon
kankeisha
noun
  1. person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
kankei
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. relation; relationship; connection
  2. participation; involvement; concern
  3. influence; effect
noun, suru verb
  1. sexual relations; sexual relationship
noun, used as a suffix
  1. related to; connected to
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
ijou
noun, na adjective
  1. strangeness; abnormality; disorder
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)
itsu
itsu
Nidan verb (lower class) with 'tsu' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
  1. to freeze
hassei
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence
  2. generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; origin
  3. ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
suru

Plain Past Indicative Form

shita
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
nitsuite
expression
  1. concerning; regarding
  2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kuchiwotozasu

te-form

kuchiwotozashite
expression, godan verb
  1. to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
kuchi
noun
  1. mouth
  2. opening; hole; gap; orifice
  3. mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece
  4. gate; door; entrance; exit
  5. speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip)
  6. taste; palate
  7. mouth (to feed)
  8. opening (i.e. vacancy); available position
  9. invitation; summons
  10. kind; sort; type
  11. opening (i.e. beginning)
suffix, counter
  1. counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords
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.
tozasu

te-form

tozashite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to shut; to close; to fasten; to lock
  2. to block (a street, entrance, etc.)
  3. to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to cut off; to cover (e.g. in darkness) (usu. in the passive)
  4. to consume (with negative feelings); to fill (e.g. with sadness); to bury (e.g. in grief) (usu. in the passive)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
oru

masu stem

ori
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ..ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
hikou
noun
  1. aviation; flight; flying
suru verb
  1. to fly; to take a flight
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
shousai
noun
  1. details; particulars; specifics
na adjective
  1. detailed; specific; minute
noun
  1. close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
nitsuite
expression
  1. concerning; regarding
  2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
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
ronpyou
noun, suru verb
  1. comment; criticism
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.
saku
saku

Potential Polite Past Indicative Form

sakemashita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to tear; to rip up
  2. to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
  3. to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers)
  4. to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something
  5. to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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