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ていぼう
堤防
が
こうずい
洪水
を
ふせ
防
いだ。
The levee kept the floodwater back.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
堤防が洪水を防いだ。
Conjugations and inflections
  防いだ is the past form of 'gu' godan verb 防ぐ   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
て い ぼ う 0
bank; weir; embankment; levee
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こ う ず い 0 こ う ず い 1
noun
flood
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ふ せ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
to defend (against); to protect; to prevent
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Kanji
堤
テイ   つつみ embankment   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
是
ゼ    just so, correctness, justice, right   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
疋
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
防
ボウ   ふせぐ to protect, to defend (against)   
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方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
⻖
hill   
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洪
コウ    flood, deluge   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
水
スイ   みず water   
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