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みんしゅしゅぎ
民主主義
こだい
古代
ギリシア
りゅうせい
隆盛
だった
Democracy flourished in ancient Greece.
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Words
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democracy
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Most common form: 古代ギリシャ
noun
ancient Greece
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prosperity; flourishing; thriving
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
ミン   たみ people   
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
ギ    honour   
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ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
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   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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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   
リュウ    prosperity   
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hill   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
go
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セイ   ジョウ   さか popular; enthusiastic   さか prosper, flourish   も serve, heap up (food)   
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さら dish   
セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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wrap
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