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Many soldiers were killed in World War II.
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Vocabulary list

ooku
noun, adverb, no adjective
  1. many; much; plenty; a lot
noun
  1. majority (of); greater part (of)
adverb
  1. mostly; mainly; chiefly; usually; often
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
heishi
noun
  1. soldier
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)
dainijisekaitaisen
noun
  1. Second World War; World War II; WWII; WW2
dainiji
noun
  1. the second ...
daini
noun, no adjective
  1. second
dai
prefix
  1. prefix for forming ordinal numbers
niji
no adjective, noun
  1. second
noun or verb acting prenominally
  1. secondary
  2. quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
ji
prefix
  1. next
  2. hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)
counter
  1. order; sequence; time; times
sekaitaisen
noun
  1. world war
sekai
noun
  1. the world; society; the universe
  2. sphere; circle; world
no adjective
  1. world-renowned; world-famous
noun
  1. realm governed by one Buddha; space (original meaning)
taisen
noun
  1. great war; great battle
  2. world war
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.)
nakunaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

nakunatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to die

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