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きしゃ
汽車
んでいて
わたし
ずっと
とお
だった
The train was so crowded that I was kept standing all the way.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2 1
noun
train (sometimes specifically a steam train)
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1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be crowded; to be packed
2. to be complex  (see also: 手の込んだ)
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0 3
1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way  (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
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2
Most common form: たち
noun
1. departure; setting off; start
2. being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
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3
noun
1. direct; right through; straight  (see also: 通し)
2. appetizer; appetiser  (see also: お通し)
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
キ    steam, vapour   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
スイ   みず water   
シャ   くるま car   
crowded   こ to be crowded   こめる to load; to include   
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move
ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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use your ma
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
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