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にほん
日本
は
しほう
四方
を
うみ
海
に
かこ
囲
まれた
しまぐに
島国
である。
Japan is an island country surrounded by the sea on all sides.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
日本は四方を海に囲まれた島国である。
verb passive form verb passive form
 
is done
日本は四方を海に囲まれた島国である。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
だ, である, であります, でございます, ではない etc
日本は四方を海に囲まれた島国である。
OVERVIEW
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
日本は四方を海に囲まれた島国である。
Conjugations and inflections
  囲まれた is the past form of the passive form of 'mu' godan verb 囲む   ALL INFLECTIONS
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
に ほ ん 2
noun
Japan
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し ほ う 2 し ほ う 1
noun
1. the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
2. surroundings  (this meaning is restricted to reading しほう, よほう)
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う み 1
noun
sea; ocean; waters
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か こ む 0 か こ む 3
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in
2. to besiege; to lay siege to
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し ま ぐ に 2
noun
island country (sometimes used as a metaphor for Japan)
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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
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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   
丨
stick   
四
シ   four   よ    よつ    よっつ    よん    
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儿
legs
囗
box, enclosure   
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
海
カイ   うみ ocean   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
毎
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
毋
ボ   はは mother   
囲
イ   かこむ    かこう to surround, to enclose   
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井
セイ   ショウ   い a well   
島
トウ   しま island   
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山
サン   やま mountain   
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丂
reach
白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
国
コク   くに country   
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玉
ギョク   たま jewel   
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王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
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