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The deal I was working on fell through.
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Vocabulary list

watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
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)
tegakeru

te-form

tegakete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to handle; to manage; to deal with; to work with; to have experience with
  2. to rear; to look after
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)
torihiki
noun, suru verb
  1. transactions; dealings; business
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
dameninaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

dameninatta
expression, godan verb
  1. to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
dame
na adjective, noun
  1. no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
  2. hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
  3. cannot; must not; not allowed
noun
  1. neutral point (in go); intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
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
naru

Plain Past Indicative Form

natta
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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