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でんとう
電灯
はつめい
発明
エジソンよるされている
The invention of electric light is accredited to Edison.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
electric light
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1. invention
2. intelligent; clever  (see also: 聡明)
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Most common form:
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
evening; night
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
デン    electricity   
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electricity
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second   おつ    
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
フ   あめ rain   
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トウ   ひ lamp   
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チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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hairy legs
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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