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I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train.
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Vocabulary list

manindensha
noun
  1. crowded train
manin
noun, no adjective
  1. full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
densha
noun
  1. train; electric train
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
naka
noun
  1. inside; interior
noun, adverb
  1. among; within
noun
  1. middle; center; centre
noun, adverb
  1. during; while; middle; midst; amid
noun
  1. interval; gap
  2. mean; average
no adjective, noun
  1. second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle
noun, no adjective
  1. medium grade; medium quality
noun
  1. red-light district
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
ikigatsumaru

masu stem

ikigatsumari
expression, godan verb
  1. to choke; to have trouble breathing
iki
noun
  1. breath; breathing
  2. tone; mood
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)
tsumaru

masu stem

tsumari
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.)
  2. to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up
  3. to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow
  4. to be at a loss; to be hard pressed (often in the form …につまる)
  5. to end up; to be settled
  6. to become a geminate consonant
  7. to hit the ball near the handle of the bat
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
sou
auxiliary, na adjective
  1. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of (after -masu stem or adj. stem)
da

Plain Past Indicative Form

datta
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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