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にほん
日本
いわば
かれ
だい
こきょう
故郷
です
Japan is, as it were, his second home.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
2
noun
Japan
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1 2 0
so to speak; so to call it; as it were  (often written with kana only)
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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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noun, prefix
ordinal
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numeric
two  (originally from Chinese 'er')
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2
Most common form: ふるさと
noun
1. home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home  (often written with kana only)
2. ruins; historic remains  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ふるさと)
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Kanji
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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cliff
また again   
ダイ    number   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
チョウ    mourning   とむら to mourn, condole   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
bamboo
コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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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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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ぼく strike   
キョウ   ゴウ   hometown
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short, tiny   
ロウ    husband, man   
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リョウ   よ good   
おおざと group, community, large village   
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