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The newspaper said that XYZ oil company went belly-up today.
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Vocabulary list

shinbun
noun
  1. newspaper
niyoruto
expression
  1. according to (someone)
niyoru
expression, godan verb
  1. by means of; due to; because of; according to
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
yoru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be due to; to be caused by (esp. 依る;拠る)
  2. to depend on; to turn on (esp. 依る)
  3. to be based on; to come from (esp. 因る;由る)
  4. to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at (esp. 拠る)
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)
oiru
noun
  1. oil; petroleum
  2. oil; lubricant; grease
  3. (cooking) oil
  4. (massage) oil; ointment
  5. kerosene
  6. engine oil
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kyou
noun, adverb
  1. today; this day
  2. these days; recently; nowadays
tousan
noun, suru verb
  1. (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
suru

Plain Past Indicative Form

shita
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)
rashii
auxiliary adjective
  1. seeming ...; appearing ... (expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)
suffix, i adjective
  1. -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ... (after a noun, adverb or adj. stem)

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