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A swarm of hornets attacked the children.
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Vocabulary list

suzumebachi
noun
  1. hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae)
  2. Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
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
mure
noun
  1. group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school; swarm; cluster (e.g. of stars); clump; pack (e.g. of dogs)
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)
kodomotachi
noun
  1. children
kodomo
noun
  1. child
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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.
osou

Plain Past Indicative Form

osotta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down
  2. to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.)
  3. to make a sudden visit

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