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The black kitten hopped to avoid the puddle, and passed under the neighbouring hedge.
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Vocabulary list

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
koneko
noun
  1. kitten
  2. small cat
ko
prefix
  1. small; little; slight
  2. slightly less than; just about
  3. somewhat; somehow
  4. minor; petty (sometimes derogatory)
neko
noun
  1. cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)
  2. shamisen
  3. geisha
  4. wheelbarrow
  5. clay bed-warmer
  6. bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
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)
pyonpyon
adverb, adverb taking the to particle
  1. hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
adverb taking the to particle
to
particle
  1. with
mizutamari
noun
  1. puddle; pool of water
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.
saku

Potential Plain te-form

sakete
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to avoid
sakeru

te-form

sakete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to avoid (physical contact with)
  2. to avoid (situation)
ichidan verb
  1. to ward off; to avert
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to put aside; to move out of the way
tonari
no adjective, noun
  1. next (to); adjoining; adjacent
noun, no adjective
  1. house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour; next-door neighbor
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
ikegaki
noun
  1. hedge
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
shita
noun
  1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
  2. bottom
  3. beneath; underneath
  4. just after; right after (as 下から, 下より, etc.)
noun, no adjective
  1. inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)
noun
  1. trade-in
noun, used as a prefix
  1. preliminary; preparatory
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.
kuguru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kugutta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through
  2. to dive (into or under the water)
  3. to evade; to get around; to slip past
  4. to survive; to surmount

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