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とつぜん
突然
かわ
ぞうすい
増水
して
はんらん
氾濫
した

All of a sudden, the river rose and broke its banks.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
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2
Most common form: かわ
noun
1. river; stream  (this meaning is restricted to reading かわ)
suffix
2. the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)  (usually read がわ)
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0
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water  (see also: 減水)
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0
1. overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge
2. oversupply; plethora
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Kanji
トツ   つ to poke   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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dot   
ニク body part   
fire
セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
ゾウ   ま to increase/grow   ふえる to increase/multiply   ふやす to increase/augment   
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ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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eight
デン   た rice field   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
スイ   みず water   
ハン    spread out   
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スイ   みず water   
seal
ラン    overflow   
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カン    keep watch, oversee   
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シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
さら dish   
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