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ウェリントンの
じんこう
人口
は
とうきょう
東京
の
やく
約
４０
ぶん
分
の
いち
１
しかないのです。
The population of Wellington is only about one fortieth that of Tokyo.
Grammar and points of interest
しか + verb negative form しか + verb negative form
 
nothing but
ウェリントンの人口は東京の約４０分の１しかないのです。
X は Y です X は Y です
 
X is Y
ウェリントンの人口は東京の約４０分の１しかないのです。
〜んです／〜のです 〜んです／〜のです
 
emphasize or soften a phrase
ウェリントンの人口は東京の約４０分の１しかないのです。
Words
ウ
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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じ ん こ う 0
noun
1. population
2. common talk
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と う き ょ う 0
noun
Tokyo
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や く 1
1. approximately; about
noun
2. promise
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Most common form: 分の一
expression, suffix
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N  (see also: 分の; after number N)
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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な い 1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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Kanji
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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東
トウ   ひがし east   
京
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
亠
lid
約
ヤク    promise; approximate   
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勺
シャク   ladle
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勹
wrap
丶
dot   
糸
シ   いと thread   
分
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
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