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シュバイツァー
いしゃ
医者
であるばかりでなく
おんがくか
音楽家
でもあった
Schweitzer was a musician as well as a doctor.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Names
シュバイツァー   Albert Schweitzer   (full name of specific individual)  
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Words
0
noun
(medical) doctor; physician  (see also: お医者さん; pol. お医者さん; sensitive)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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particle
1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than  (often written with kana only)
2. approximately; about  (often written with kana only)
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expression, 'i' adjective
is not; am not; are not  (negation of である; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
musician
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1. to also be (formal, literary); implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case  (see also: である; である with も)
2. to be ... or something
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Kanji
イ    doctor   
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シ   や arrow   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
side open box
シャ   もの person, someone   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
old
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
スイ   みず water   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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stick   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
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