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Since a large area was devastated by the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, a sustained help effort is sought.
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higashinihondaishinsai
noun
  1. Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
higashinihon
noun
  1. eastern Japan; Japan east of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. east of the Chūbu region
daishinsai
noun
  1. great earthquake (disaster)
  2. Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hisaichi
noun
  1. area struck (by some disaster); location of a disaster
hisai
noun, suru verb
  1. being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
chi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. earth; ground; land; soil
  2. place
  3. territory
  4. bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
  5. earth (one of the five elements)
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)
kouhani
na adjective, noun
  1. extensive; vast range; wide scope
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
oyobu

te-form

oyonde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to go on (for, until)
  2. to be up to the task; to come up to
  3. to compare with; to be a match (for)
  4. to commit (a crime)
  5. to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
tame
noun, adverb
  1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  2. sake; purpose; objective; aim
  3. consequence; result; effect
  4. affecting; regarding; concerning
ikinonagai
i adjective
  1. lasting (work); sustained (effort); prolonged
  2. long-winded
iki
noun
  1. breath; breathing
  2. tone; mood
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
nagai
i adjective
  1. long (distance, length)
  2. long (time); protracted; prolonged
shien
noun, suru verb
  1. support; backing; aid; assistance
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)
motomeru

Potential Plain te-form

motomerarete

Passive Plain te-form

motomerarete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to want; to wish for
  2. to request; to demand; to require; to ask for
  3. to seek; to search for; to look for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job)
  4. to purchase; to buy
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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