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じしん
地震
の
おお
多
い
にほん
日本
に
げんしりょくはつでんしょ
原子力発電所
を
た
建
てる
のは、
むぼう
無謀
だったのではないかと
おも
思
う
。
I wonder if building nuclear power plants in quake-prone Japan was reckless.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
じ し ん 0
noun
earthquake
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お お い 1 お お い 2
many; numerous
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に ほ ん 2
noun
Japan
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げ ん し り ょ く は つ で ん し ょ 0 げ ん し り ょ く は つ で ん し ょ 10
noun
nuclear power plant; nuclear power station
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た て る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to build; to construct
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む ぼ う 0
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (scheme, etc.)
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expression
was  (see also: だ; past tense of plain copula)
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expression, 'i' adjective
is not; am not; are not  (often written with kana only)
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か と 1
Most common form: 過渡
noun
1. crossing; ferry
2. transient
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お も う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
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地
チ   ジ    ground   
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震
シン   ふるう    ふるえる to tremble, to shake   
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多
タ   おおい many   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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原
ゲン   はら meadow   
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子
シ   ス   こ child   
力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
発
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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電
デン    electricity   
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所
ショ   ところ place   
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建
ケン   コン   たつ to be built   たてる to build   
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無
ム   ブ   ない not   
謀
ボウ   ム   はかる to plan   
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思
シ   おもう to think   
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