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There was a new candidate on the ticket at the Democratic convention.
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Vocabulary list

atarashii
i adjective
  1. new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
kouhosha
noun
  1. candidate; applicant
kouho
noun
  1. candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list
  2. candidacy; candidature; nomination
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
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)
minshutou
noun
  1. Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party)
  2. Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
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
toutaikai
noun
  1. (political) party convention
tou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. party (political)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. person who is fond of; fan of
taikai
noun
  1. mass meeting; convention; rally; conference; assembly; gathering
  2. tournament; competition; contest; meet
  3. grand event
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.)
kouninkouho
noun
  1. official candidate
kounin
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
kouho
noun
  1. candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list
  2. candidacy; candidature; nomination
tonaru

Polite Past Indicative Form

tonarimashita
expression, godan verb
  1. to become; to amount to
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)
naru

Polite Past Indicative Form

narimashita
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)

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