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エジソンは
べいこく
米国
の
はつめい
発明
の
てんさい
天才
であった。
Edison was an inventive genius of the United States.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
だ, である, であります, でございます, ではない etc
エジソンは米国の発明の天才であった。
Conjugations and inflections
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
べ い こ く 0
noun
America; USA
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は つ め い 0
1. invention
2. intelligent; clever  (see also: 聡明)
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て ん さ い 0
noun
genius; prodigy; natural gift  (opposite: 凡才)
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
国
コク   くに country   
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玉
ギョク   たま jewel   
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王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
囗
box, enclosure   
発
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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癶
hairy legs
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
儿
legs
明
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あく to open   あける to empty   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
天
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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才
サイ    genius   
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