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In the Hanshin earthquake, the ground shook for a long time.
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hanshindaishinsai
noun
  1. the Great Hanshin Earthquake (January 17, 1995)
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hanshin
noun
  1. Osaka-Kobe
  2. Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
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daishinsai
noun
  1. great earthquake (disaster)
  2. Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
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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.)
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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jimen
noun, no adjective
  1. ground; earth's surface
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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)
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choujikan
noun, adverb
  1. long time
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niwatatte
expression
  1. throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
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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
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wataru

te-form

watatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to cross over; to go across (usu. 渡る or 渉る)
  2. to extend; to cover; to range; to span (usu. 亘る or 亙る)
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yureru

Plain Past Indicative Form

yureta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to shake; to sway; to waver
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yuru

Potential Plain Past Indicative Form

yureta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
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