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The third quarter GNP growth was 1% over the preceding quarter.
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Vocabulary list

daisan
noun
  1. the third
dai
prefix
  1. prefix for forming ordinal numbers
san
numeric
  1. three (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
  1. tri-
shihanki
noun
  1. quarter (of a year)
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
seichou
noun, suru verb
  1. growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
  2. growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
zenkihi
noun
  1. compared to previous period; quarter-to-quarter basis; from the previous quarter
zenki
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
hi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. ratio; proportion
noun
  1. match; equal
  2. explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
  3. Philippines
noun, used as a suffix
  1. in comparison with ...
ichi
numeric, prefix
  1. one (壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
no adjective, suffix
  1. best
no adjective
  1. first; foremost
noun
  1. beginning; start
noun, used as a prefix
  1. a (single); one (of many) (before a noun)
noun
  1. ace (playing card)
  2. bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
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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