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こうそく
高速
どうろ
道路
なんぜん
何千
もの
しゃ
じゅうたい
渋滞
した

The expressway was congested with thousands of cars.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. high speed; high gear
2. highway; freeway; expressway; motorway  (see also: 高速道路; abbreviation)
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1
noun
road; highway
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3
noun
many thousands
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particle
1. indicates reason or excuse  (used as a conjunction or at sentence-end, often as 〜ものな, 〜ものね)
2. indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged  (at sentence-end; female term or language)
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0
Most common form: じゅうたい
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
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Kanji
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
ソク   はや fast   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   すみやか speedy   
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ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
stick   
move
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
ロ   -じ street   
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カク   each; every   おのおの each   
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go
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
カ   なに    なん what?   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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シャ   くるま car   
ジュウ   しぶ    しぶ astringent, sour   しぶ to be reluctant   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
スイ   みず water   
スイ   みず water   
タイ    stay over   とどこお to pile up (work etc)   
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タイ   belt   おび sash   おびる to wear, to carry   
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thirty   
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cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
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