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The merchant accumulated tremendous fortune during the postwar era.
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Vocabulary list

sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
bouekishou
noun
  1. trader
boueki
noun, suru verb
  1. trade (foreign)
shou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. quotient
  2. dealing; dealer; store
  3. second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
noun
  1. Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
sengo
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. postwar period; period after Second World War
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
bakudai
na adjective
  1. vast; huge; immense; enormous; colossal
noun
  1. malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
na
particle
  1. don't (prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb)
  2. do (imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb)
interjection
  1. hey; listen; you
particle
  1. now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know (when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end)
  2. wow; ooh (used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end)
zaisan
noun
  1. property; fortune; assets
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.
kizuku

Plain Past Indicative Form

kizuita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to build; to construct; to erect
  2. to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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