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The water whirled around the rocks.
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Vocabulary list

mizu
noun
  1. water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) (み is generally used in compounds)
  2. fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
  3. flood; floodwaters
  4. water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
  5. break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
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
nagare
noun
  1. flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current
  2. flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency
  3. course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process
  4. group of people who remain together after the end of an event
  5. descent; ancestry; school
  6. forfeiture; foreclosure
  7. cancellation (usu. as お流れ)
  8. drifting; wandering; roaming
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
iwa
noun
  1. rock; boulder
  2. crag; cliff
  3. anchor
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
mawari
noun
  1. circumference; girth
  2. surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
  3. people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
womegutte
expression
  1. in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
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.
meguru

te-form

megutte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go around
  2. to return
  3. to surround
  4. to concern (usu. of disputes)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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