雨が降っていたものの試合は続けられた

N5 雨 ame rain N4 試合 shiai match, game, competition

N5 雨 u / ame, ama-, -same rain, pluie, lluvia N3 降 kou, go / o.riru, o.rosu, fu.ru, fu.ri, kuda.ru, kuda.su descend, precipitate, fall N4 試 shi / kokoro.miru, tame.su test, try, attempt N3 合 gou, gatsu, katsu / a.u, -a.u, a.i, ai-, -a.i, -ai, a.wasu, a.waseru, -a.waseru fit, suit, join N3 続 zoku, shoku, kou, kyou / tsuzu.ku, tsuzu.keru, tsugu.nai continue, series, sequel

N5 〜ている te iru Indicates ongoing action, continuous state, repeated habit, or resulting condition depending on context N4 〜続ける tsuzukeru Indicates continuation of an action over time, attaches to the verb stem, means continue doing N5 〜が ga Marks the grammatical subject, highlights new information, can also show slight contrast in some sentences N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜も mo Means also, adds another similar item, often replaces particles such as wa ga or o N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information