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せんきょ
選挙
こそ
こくみん
国民
の
さいだい
最大
の
ぶき
武器
だ！
An election is for sure the greatest weapon citizens have!
Grammar and points of interest
こそ こそ
 
it is ~ that, ~ is the very (thing being emphasized), (for emphasis)
選挙こそ国民の最大の武器だ！
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Words
せ ん き ょ 1
election
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particle
for sure (emphasize preceding word)
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こ く み ん 0 こ く み ん 3
noun
nation; nationality; people; citizen
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さ い だ い 0
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum  (opposite: 最小)
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ぶ き 1
noun
1. weapon; arms; ordnance
2. weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
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Kanji
選
セン   えらぶ choose   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
⻌
move
挙
キョ   あがる to rise up   あげる to give; to arrest; to quote   
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兴
thrive, prosper   
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⺍
small
丌
table
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手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
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   
民
ミン   たみ people   
最
サイ   もっとも most   
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取
シュ   とる to take   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
又
また again   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
武
ブ   ム    military   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
弋
shoot
器
キ   うつわ utensil   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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