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その
じけん
事件
は、より
おお
大
きな
じけん
事件
への
ふくせん
伏線
となっていた。
The incident turned out to be a prelude to a larger one.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
じ け ん 1
noun
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
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よ り 0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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お お き な 1
big; large; great  (see also: 小さな)
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ふ く せ ん 0
noun
1. foreshadowing
2. preparation; precautionary measures
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な る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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Kanji
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
件
ケン    affair, matter   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
牛
ギュウ   うし cow   
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
伏
フク   ふす to prostrate onself   ふせる lay (face) down   
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犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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丶
dot   
線
セン   line
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糸
シ   いと thread   
泉
セン   いずみ spring   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
水
スイ   みず water   
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