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The earthquake in Haiti was a disaster.
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haichi
noun
  1. Haiti
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de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
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okiru

Plain Past Indicative Form

okita
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)
  2. to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake
  3. to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
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jishin
noun
  1. earthquake
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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hidoi
i adjective
  1. cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe
  2. violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme
  3. very bad; terrible; awful
  4. excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust
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daisaigai
noun
  1. great disaster
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dai
prefix, na adjective, noun
  1. large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
prefix
  1. great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
suffix
  1. -sized; as big as; the size of
suffix, prefix
  1. university
noun
  1. large (e.g. serving size); large option
  2. long month (i.e. having 31 days)
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saigai
noun
  1. calamity; disaster; misfortune
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tonaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tonatta
expression, godan verb
  1. to become; to amount to
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to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
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naru

Plain Past Indicative Form

natta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)
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