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Breakdown of sakuya wa ookina kaminari ga narimashita.
はwa
topic particle
大きいookii
big, large
がga
subject particle
鳴るnaru
to sound; to ring
昨夜sakuya
last night
A more formal or literary term for last night compared to 昨夜.
雷kaminari
thunder; thunderbolt
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Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".
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