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The novelist talked to a large audience.
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Vocabulary list

shousetsuka
noun
  1. novelist; fiction writer
shousetsu
noun, no adjective
  1. novel; (short) story
ka
suffix
  1. -ist; -er (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
taisei
noun
  1. general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
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
choushuu
noun
  1. audience; attendance; hearers
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
mukau

te-form

mukatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to face
  2. to go towards; to head towards
hanasu

Plain Past Indicative Form

hanashita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
  2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
  3. to speak (a language)

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