How to say the students went at their work as the examinations approached. in Japanese
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試験試験(shiken) (n,vs) examination/test/study/trial/experimentがが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and近づno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbくにつれてno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb生徒生徒(seito) (n,adj-no) pupilたちたち(tachi) (n) mansion/small castle/nobleman/noblewomanはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh熱心熱心(nesshin) (adj-na,n) zeal/enthusiasmにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.勉強勉強(benkyou) (n,vs) study/diligence/discount/reductionをを(wo) (prt) indicates direct object of action/indicates subject of causative expression/indicates an area traversed/indicates time over which action takes place/indicates point of departure or separation of action/indicates object of desire, like, hate,したした(shita) (n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talon。。(。) Japanese period "."
