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The growth in population is very rapid in developing countries.
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Vocabulary list

hattentojou
no adjective
  1. developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
hatten
noun, suru verb
  1. development; growth; expansion; extension; flourishing
  2. development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; progression; unfolding
  3. playing around; having an active sex life (recently often associated with gay sex)
tojoukoku
noun
  1. developing country
tojou
noun, adverb
  1. on the way; en route
noun
  1. in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
kuni
noun
  1. country; state
  2. region
  3. national government; central government
  4. home (i.e. hometown, home country)
  5. province (of Japan)
  6. land; earth
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
jinkouzouka
noun
  1. increase in population; population growth
jinkou
noun
  1. population
  2. common talk
zouka
noun, suru verb
  1. increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kyuusoku
na adjective, noun
  1. rapid (e.g. progress)
da
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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