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This jet travels about three times as fast as the speed of sound.
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Vocabulary list

kono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
  2. last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this (in ref. to a stretch of time or date)
  3. you (as in "you liar") (emphatic, accusatory, insulting)
jettoki
noun
  1. jet aeroplane; jet airplane
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
onsoku
noun
  1. speed of sound
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
yaku
adverb
  1. approximately; about
noun
  1. promise; appointment; engagement
  2. shortening; reduction; simplification
  3. contraction (in phonetics)
sanbai
noun, no adjective
  1. three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
san
numeric
  1. three (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
  1. tri-
bai
noun, no adjective
  1. double; twice (as much)
counter
  1. times (as much); -fold
  2. 1-nth; 1 to n; 1 in n (e.g. 40倍 - 1 in 40)
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.)
tobu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fly; to soar (esp. 飛ぶ)
  2. to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop (esp. 跳ぶ)
  3. to spatter; to scatter; to splash; to fly (e.g. of sparks)
  4. to hurry; to rush
  5. to flee; to run off; to escape
  6. to disappear; to vanish; to fade; to thin out
  7. to break off; to come off; to fall off; to blow (of a fuse)
  8. to be sent out (of an order); to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.)
  9. to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.)
  10. to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.); to skip; to jump (e.g. of a conversation)

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