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George was describing a 30 pound bass he'd caught recently after fighting it for three hours.
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Vocabulary list

ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
saikin
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
no adjective
  1. nearest; closest
san
numeric
  1. three (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
  1. tri-
jikan
noun
  1. time
  2. hour
  3. period; class; lesson
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
kakutou
noun, suru verb
  1. hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
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
sueni
adverb
  1. finally; after; following (used after long, hard work)
  2. at the end (of) (with noun, e.g. 来週の末に)
sue
noun
  1. end; tip; top
  2. end (of the year, month, etc.); close
noun, no adjective
  1. youngest child
noun
  1. descendants; offspring; posterity (usu. 〜の末)
  2. future
adverb, noun
  1. (finally) after; (at last) after; at the end of (as 〜の末 or 〜した末)
noun, no adjective
  1. trifles; trivialities
noun
  1. degenerate age
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
tsuru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tsutta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to fish; to angle; to catch
  2. to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure
omoi

Nominalized Objective Form

omosa
i adjective
  1. heavy; weighty
  2. heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
  3. slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy
  4. important (position, responsibility, etc.); serious; grave
  5. serious (punishment, illness, etc.); severe; critical
  6. solid; established; dignified; sensible
sanjuu
numeric
  1. thirty; 30
pondo
noun
  1. pound (unit of weight) (also written as 听, 封度, 英斤, 英听)
  2. pound (currency); pound sterling (also written as 磅)
  3. pond
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
basu
noun
  1. bass (fish, e.g. Japanese seabass)
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
hanashiwosuru

te-form

hanashiwoshite
expression, suru verb (irregular)
  1. to have a talk; to tell a story
hanashi
noun
  1. talk; speech; chat; conversation
  2. topic; subject
  3. discussions; negotiation; argument
  4. rumor; talk; hearsay
  5. tale; story; fable
  6. circumstances; particulars
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.
suru

te-form

shite
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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