ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

その都市(とし)の急速(きゅうそく)な発展(はってん)に私(わたし)たちは驚い(おどろい)た。

Vocabulary List

その (其の) (adj-pn) (1) (uk) (See 何の・どの,此の,其れ・1,彼の) that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; (int) (2) um...; er...; uh...; (P) [EDICT] 都市 (とし) (n,adj-no) town; city; municipal; urban; (P) [EDICT] (dū shì, ㄉㄨ ㄕˋ) city; metropolis [CE-DICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] 急速 (きゅうそく) (adj-na,n) rapid (e.g. progress); (P) [EDICT] (jí sù, ㄐㄧˊ ㄙㄨˋ) hurried; at a great speed; rapid (development) [CE-DICT] だ () (prt) (1) (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs) -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (2) (used adverbially) doing such things as...; (3) (as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the ren'youkei forms of a repeated verb) expresses a command; (aux-v) (4) (たり only) (arch) (from とあり) (See たる) (after a noun) to be; (5) (たり only) (arch) (from 〜てあり, after the ren'youkei form of a verb) indicates completion or continuation of an action; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) (fam) marks wh-question (what, where, who); (2) (chn) strengthens one's judgment or conclusion; (P) [EDICT] () (exp) if it's the case; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) even [EDICT] () (suf,prt) and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not; (P) [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (See でしょう) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (col) (abbr) (See 友達) friend [EDICT] () (n) undercut (of a machined edge) [EDICT] (駄) (pref) (1) (See 駄文・1) poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless; (n-suf,ctr) (2) (See 一駄) load; pack; horse load; (n) (3) packhorse [EDICT] (兌) (n) dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching [EDICT] 発展 (はってん) (n,vs) (1) development; growth; advancement; unfurling; (2) expansion; extension; enlargement; (3) (recently often associated with gay sex) (See 発展場) playing around; having an active sex life; (P) [EDICT] に (二) สอง [LongdoJP] () (prt) indicates location of action (formal literary form of "de"); at; in; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (See に,は) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] () (exp) also; too; not ... either; as well; even [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (also にゃあ) (See ねば) if not ... (negative conditional); (2) (See には) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] (荷) (n) (1) load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods; (2) burden; responsibility; (P) [EDICT] (似) (suf) takes after (his mother) [EDICT] (丹) (n) red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion; (P) [EDICT] (土) (n) (arch) soil (esp. reddish soil) [EDICT] (尼) (n,n-suf) (abbr) (See 比丘尼) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) [EDICT] (弐) (num) two (used in legal documents) [EDICT] 私 (あたし(P);あたくし;あたい;あて) (pn,adj-no) (fem) I; me; (P) [EDICT] (あっし;わっち;わっし) (pn,adj-no) I (mainly used by working men); myself [EDICT] (わい;わて) (pn) (1) (arch) (ksb [EDICT] (わたい) (n) (arch) (ktb [EDICT] (わたし(P);わたくし(P)) (pn,adj-no) (1) I; me; (n,adj-no) (2) (わたくし only) private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; (3) (わたくし only) selfishness; (P) [EDICT] (わらわ) (pn,adj-no) (arch) (hum) (fem) I; me [EDICT] (わし) (pn,adj-no) (uk) I; me (used by elderly males) [EDICT] (sī, ㄙ) personal; private; selfish [CE-DICT] たち (裁ち) (n) cutting; cut [EDICT] (質) (n) quality; nature (of person) [EDICT] (達) (suf) pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific); (P) [EDICT] (立ち) (n) stand; (P) [EDICT] は (葉) ใบไม้ [LongdoJP] () (int) (1) (pol) yes; (2) OK (used to get attention prior to an utterance); okay; (3) giddy-up; giddap; (P) [EDICT] () (v5r,aux-v,suf) (hon) (ksb [EDICT] () (suf) (ksb [EDICT] (歯) (n) tooth; (P) [EDICT] (刃) (n) edge (of a knife or sword); (P) [EDICT] (派) (n,n-suf) clique; faction; school; (P) [EDICT] (破) (n) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song [EDICT] (葉) (n) leaf; (P) [EDICT] 驚く (おどろく) (v5k,vi) to be surprised; to be astonished; (P) [EDICT] た () (aux-adj) (1) (after the -masu stem of a verb) want to ... do something; would like to ...; (prt) (2) (kyu [EDICT] () (exp) (abbr of ...ていたの) (See 乃・の・5,わ) (usu. sentence end) indicates emotion, admiration, emphasis, etc. [EDICT] () (aux-v) (after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc.) (See たり,たるや) (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of [EDICT] () (suf) (m-sl) (fam) (fem) (See ちゃん) (cute) suffix for familiar person [EDICT] (他) (n-adv,n,adj-no) other (esp. people and abstract matters); (P) [EDICT] (多) (n,pref) multi-; (P) [EDICT] (田) (n) rice field; (P) [EDICT]