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The Okinawans came to be forced to live alongside life-threatening danger.
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Vocabulary list

okinawa
noun
  1. Okinawa (city, prefecture)
kenmin
noun
  1. citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
inochinikakawaru
expression, godan verb
  1. to be a matter of life or death
inochi
noun
  1. life; life force (sometimes written as 生命)
  2. lifetime; lifespan
  3. most important thing; foundation; core
  4. paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love)
  5. fate; destiny; karma
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
kakawaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be affected; to be influenced
  2. to be concerned with; to have to do with
  3. to stick to (opinions)
kiken
noun, na adjective
  1. danger; peril; hazard
  2. risk
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)
senakaawase
noun
  1. back to back
  2. discord; feud
  3. opposite sides of the same coin
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
kurashi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. life; living; livelihood; life circumstances (usu. ぐらし as a suffix)
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.
shiiru

Potential Plain te-form

shiirarete

Passive Plain te-form

shiirarete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
Suffix after the te form of a verb
kuru

Polite Past Indicative Form

kimashita
kuru verb, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to come back; to do ... and come back (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue (after the -te form of a verb)

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