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きゅうこう
急行
れっしゃ
列車
とまらぬ
はや
はし
りすぎていった

The express train went by so fast we hardly saw it.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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1. moving at high speed  (opposite: 緩行)
2. express (e.g. train that bypasses many stations)  (see also: 急行列車; abbreviation)
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noun
train (ordinary)
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1
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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Most common form: 止まる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stop (moving); to come to a stop
2. to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
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noun
1. speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity  (esp. 速さ)
2. earliness  (esp. 早さ)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to run
2. to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive
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Kanji
キュウ   いそ to hurry   
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シン   こころ heart   
corner
yo = to yell / say hi
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
レツ    row   
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トウ   かたな sword   
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
シャ   くるま car   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
move
ソウ   はし run   
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