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なぜ
たいこく
大国
すいたい
衰退
する
のか
こだい
古代
ローマ
から
げんだい
現代
まで title of book, album etc.
Why Do Great Powers Decline? From Ancient Rome to the Present Day
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
large country; major powers
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0
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
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particle
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle)
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4
noun
ancient Rome
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1
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day
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0
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to  (often written with kana only)
2. to (a place); as far as  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
box, enclosure   
スイ   おとろえる to grow weak, decline   
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アイ   あわ piteous, sorrowful   あわれむ to feel pity   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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イ   ころも clothes   
退
タイ   しりぞ to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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good
move
コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ゲン    present   あらわれる to appear   あらわ to show   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
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