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A sudden earthquake made a mess of the party.
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Vocabulary list

totsuzen
no adjective, na adjective, adverb
  1. abrupt; sudden; unexpected
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
jishin
noun
  1. earthquake
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.)
paatii
noun
  1. party (gathering, celebration, etc.)
  2. party (group, political, etc.)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
dai
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
  2. support; holder; rack
counter
  1. counter for machines, incl. vehicles
noun
  1. setting (e.g. in jewellery)
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life)
noun
  1. elevated area
  2. viewing platform
  3. dish tray
  4. meal
  5. tall building; tower
dai
noun
  1. title; subject; theme; topic
  2. problem (on a test); question
noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. counter for questions (on a test)
dai
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. charge; cost; price
  2. generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
  3. era
  4. a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) (after someone's name or title)
  5. switchboard number (used after a phone number)
counter
  1. counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
  2. counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
  3. proxy application company
noun
  1. pronoun (used in dictionaries, etc.)
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)
nashi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. without
noun
  1. unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
naru

Polite Past Indicative Form

narimashita
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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