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After a while, the little black rabbit stopped eating, sat down, and looked very sad.
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shibarakushite
expression
  1. after a short time; presently
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shibaraku
adverb, suru verb
  1. for a moment; for a minute
adverb
  1. for a while; for some time
  2. for the time being; for now
interjection
  1. it's been a long time; long time no see
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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)
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chiisai
i adjective
  1. small; little; tiny
  2. slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small
  3. low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
  4. unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial
  5. young; juvenile
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kuroi
i adjective
  1. black
  2. dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin)
  3. suspicious; criminal; illicit
  4. darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt
  5. evil; wicked; black-hearted
  6. inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky
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usagi
noun
  1. rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
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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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taberu
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to eat
  2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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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
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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.
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tomeru

te-form

tomete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stop; to turn off (esp. 止める, 停める)
  2. to park (esp. 止める, 停める)
  3. to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) (esp. 止める, 停める)
  4. to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
  5. to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind
  6. to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple (esp. 留める)
  7. to detain; to keep in custody (esp. 留める)
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suwarikomu

Polite Past Indicative Form

suwarikomimashita
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
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soreha
adverb
  1. very; extremely
expression
  1. that is
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sore
pronoun
  1. that; it (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind)
  2. then; that point (in time); that time
  3. there (indicating a place near the listener)
  4. you
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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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totemo
adverb
  1. very; awfully; exceedingly (とっても is more emphatic)
  2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot) (before a negative form)
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kanashii

Adjective stem

kanashi
i adjective
  1. sad; miserable; unhappy; sorrowful (of a person)
  2. sad; lamentable; deplorable; grievous (of a thing, incident, etc.)
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Suffix after the stem of an adjective
sou
auxiliary, na adjective
  1. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of (after -masu stem or adj. stem)
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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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mieru

Plain Past Indicative Form

mieta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be seen; to be in sight
  2. to look; to seem; to appear
  3. to come
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In this sentence the particle の is being used with its meaning #2 = nominalize verbs/adjectives.

 

Reason:

食べる is a verb meaning "to eat."

Adding の after it turns the verb's action into a noun-like concept. In this case, 食べるの means "the act of eating."

  • This is needed because the verb 止める is a transitive verb i.e. it needs an object. A verb cannot be used as an object of another verb, so の is needed to nominalize it.

Then we have:

  • 食べるのを止めて translating to "stopped eating."
#1 Posted by Bogov about 3 weeks ago


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