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The official got the sack for currying favor with the contractors.
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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 ...
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yakunin
noun
  1. government official
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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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ukeoigyousha
noun
  1. independent contractor
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ukeoi
noun
  1. contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
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gyousha
noun
  1. trader; dealer; businessman; vendor; supplier; manufacturer
  2. fellow trader; people in the same trade
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hairu

Plain Past Indicative Form

haitta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to enter; to go into
  2. to break into
  3. to join; to enroll
  4. to contain; to hold; to accommodate
  5. to have (an income of)
  6. to get turned on; to start functioning; to start working
  7. to get; to obtain; to receive; to score
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ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
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do
particle
  1. but; however (after the -ba stem of a verb)
  2. even though; even if
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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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ku
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
  2. phrase
  3. verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
  4. haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
  5. maxim; saying; idiom; expression
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ku
noun
  1. ward; borough; city (in Tokyo)
  2. district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
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ku
ku
ku
numeric
  1. nine (玖 is used in legal documents)
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ku
noun
  1. pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship
  2. duhkha (suffering)
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ku
counter, suffix
  1. counter for Buddhist images (statues and paintings)
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ku
noun
  1. quadrature
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ku
noun
  1. klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
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ku
noun
  1. mouth; speech
suffix, counter
  1. counter for people or implements (usu. こう)
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