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ここにある
いし
石
は
きゅう
旧
こくほう
国宝
なごやじょう
名古屋城
てんしゅかく
天守閣
の
きそ
基礎
どだいいし
土台石
である。
The stones here made up the foundation of the Nagoya Castle tower, which used to be a national treasure.
Conjugations and inflections
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Names
なごやじょう   Nagoyajou (Nagoya Castle)   (place name)  
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Words
こ こ 0
noun
1. here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place  (see also: 何処, 其処, 彼処; often written with kana only)
2. these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker)  (see also: 今迄)
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あ る 1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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い し 2
noun
1. stone
2. gem; jewel
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き ゅ う 1
noun, prefix
ex-; former; old
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こ く ほ う 0
noun
national treasure
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て ん し ゅ か く 3
noun
castle tower; keep; donjon
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き そ 1 き そ 2
foundation; basis
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ど だ い い し 2
noun
cornerstone; foundation stone
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
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石
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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旧
キュウ    former, old   
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国
コク   くに country   
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宝
ホウ   たから treasure   
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名
メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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屋
オク   や roof   
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城
ジョウ   しろ castle   
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天
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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守
シュ   ス   まもる to protect, guard   もり babysitting   
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閣
カク    tower   
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基
キ   もと foundation, basis   もとい cause   
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礎
ソ   いしずえ cornerstone, foundation   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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