だいぶたって日本が

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皆さんこんにちは、
次ぎのこの文法の意味が教えてください

Ichiro a soldier has just been rescued. This is the next line.

I'm wandering what だいぶたって does to 日本が

それからだいぶたって日本が戦争に負け、一郎はようや く故郷に帰ってきた。

I get the fact that "after that japan lost the battle and Ichiro finally got to return home."

But don't understand the grammar/meaning of だいぶたって.

よろしくお願いします

 

Toritoribe

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この文法の意味を教えてください or 次(ぎ is unnecessary)の文法の意味を教えてください

大分経って makes sense?
だいぶ【大分】の英語・英訳 - 和英辞書 - goo辞書
たつ【経つ】の英語・英訳 - 和英辞書 - goo辞書

 

Mike Cash

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That it is 窶堙 before 窶愿ｺ窶怒窶堋ｪ and not 窶堋ｽ should be a hint that 窶堋ｾ窶堋｢窶堙披?堋ｽ窶堙≫?堙 does nothing to 窶愿ｺ窶怒窶堋ｪ.

Plain (dictionary form) endings or past tense endings modify what comes after, but 窶堙 doesn't. There may be exceptions, of course.

("wondering"....not "wandering")

 

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Mike Cash said:

("wondering"....not "wandering")

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Yes I need to watch auto fill. Or maybe I am "wandering" aimlessly in my pursuit of a better understanding, ha ha.

So it is...

After that, a considerable time passed and japan lost the battle......

Thanks mikesan and toritoribesan.

Seeing the kanji 大分経って and your advice of Plain (dictionary form) endings or past tense endings modify what comes after, but て doesn't really helps.

 

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You already learned that the -te form is used to continue clauses, no?
窶堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堋ｩ窶堙ｧ窶堋ｾ窶堋｢窶堙披?堋ｽ窶堙≫?堋ｽ and then 窶愿ｺ窶怒窶堋ｪﾂ静ｭ窶侏??堙俄?｢窶ｰ窶堋ｯ窶堋ｽ and then ﾋ?ｪﾋ弸窶堙坂?堙ｦ窶堋､窶堙｢窶堋ｭﾅ津娯?ｹﾂｽ窶堙俄?ｹA窶堙≫?堙??堋ｫ窶堋ｽ

窶堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堋ｩ窶堙ｧ is modifying 窶堋ｾ窶堋｢窶堙披?堋ｽ窶堙≫?堙? not just a conjunction, by the way.

 

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So more like..
There followed a considerable period and then japan lost the battle
Subsequently Ichiro finally returned home.

 

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I'm pretty sure you must know what それ refers to from the context. (I mean, "after that" is more appropriate for それから. The point is that それから is modifying だいぶたって, as I wrote.)