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かれ
彼
の
あね
姉
は
わたし
私
の
いちばんじょう
一番上
の
あに
兄
より
としうえ
年上
である。
His elder sister is older than my eldest brother.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
彼の姉は私の一番上の兄より年上である。
Conjugations and inflections
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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あ ね 0
Most common form: 姐
noun
older sister; elder sister  (humble)
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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topmost
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あ に 1
noun
elder brother; older brother  (humble)
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よ り 0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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と し う え 0
older; senior
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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
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
姉
シ   あね elder sister   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
市
シ   いち market   
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巾
キン   turban; cloth
亠
lid
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
番
バン    turn   
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釆
topped rice
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
田
デン   た rice field   
上
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼる to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼす to bring up   
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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