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Because of the icy streets, we could not drive the car.
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Vocabulary list

toori
adverb, noun
  1. avenue; street; way; road
  2. coming and going; street traffic
  3. flow (of water, air, etc.)
  4. transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
  5. fame; reputation; popularity
  6. the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said)
  7. understanding; comprehension
counter
  1. counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types
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)
kooru

te-form

kootte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
node
particle
  1. that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
kuruma
noun
  1. car; automobile; vehicle
  2. wheel
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.
hashiru

Causative Plain Present Indicative Form

hashiraseru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to run
  2. to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail
  3. to rush (to); to dash; to race
  4. to retreat; to flee; to defect (to)
  5. to run away; to abscond; to elope (occ. 奔る)
  6. to flash (of lightning); to streak; to shoot (through; e.g. of pain); to run (through); to flare; to flit (e.g. across one's face); to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.)
  7. to go (e.g. bad, to extremes); to become; to turn; to take to (e.g. crime); to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions); to get involved in; to get wrapped up in (as 〜に走る; occ. 趨る)
  8. to run (through; of a road, street, etc.); to extend (e.g. of a mountain range); to stretch; to lie
hashiraseru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to dispatch (someone); to send; to make run
  2. to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to ride; to sail
  3. to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
  4. to rout (the enemy); to put to flight
  5. to run (a computer program)
hashirasu

Potential Plain Present Indicative Form

hashiraseru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to dispatch (someone); to send; to make run
  2. to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to ride; to sail
  3. to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
  4. to rout (the enemy); to put to flight
  5. to run (a computer program)
kotogadekiru

Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

kotogadekinakatta
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to be able (to); to be possible (to) (usu. verb+ことが...)
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
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)
dekiru

Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

dekinakatta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
  2. to be ready; to be completed
  3. to be made; to be built
  4. to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
  5. to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
  6. to grow; to be raised
  7. to become pregnant

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