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とうきょうと
東京都
にじゅういち
21
ねん
つづ
けて
じんこう
人口
えています

Tokyo's population has increased for the past 21 consecutive years.
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
にほんじん
日本人
じんこう
人口
きょねん
去年
より
さんじゅう
30
まんにん
万人
いじょう
以上
すくなくなる  Japanese Population Drops by More than 300,000 in a Single Year
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
noun
Tokyo Metropolis; Tokyo metropolitan area
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1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
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0
noun
1. population
2. common talk
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to increase; to multiply
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Kanji
トウ   ひがし east   
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
ト   ツ   みやこ capital city, metropolis   
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おおざと group, community, large village   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
old
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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ゾク   つづ to continue   つづける to carry on with   
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シ   いと thread   
バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ゾウ   ま to increase/grow   ふえる to increase/multiply   ふやす to increase/augment   
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ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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eight
デン   た rice field   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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