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きょう
今日
では
じゅう
１０
％の
りくち
陸地
しか
おお
覆
われていないのである。
Today only 10 percent is covered.
Grammar and points of interest
しか + verb negative form しか + verb negative form
 
nothing but
今日では１０％の陸地しか覆われていないのである。
verb passive form verb passive form
 
is done
今日では１０％の陸地しか覆われていないのである。
には, では, とは には, では, とは
 
emphasis
今日では１０％の陸地しか覆われていないのである。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
今日では１０％の陸地しか覆われていないのである。
Conjugations and inflections
  覆われていない is the plain negative form of the progressive form of the passive form of 'u' godan verb 覆う   ALL INFLECTIONS
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
き ょ う 1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. today; this day
2. these days; recently; nowadays  (this meaning is restricted to reading こんにち)
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％
Most common form: パーセント
noun
percent; percentage
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り く ち 0
land
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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お お う 0 お お う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
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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
今
コン   キン   いま now   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
㇇
katakana fu   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
陸
リク    land   
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⻖
hill   
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坴
ground ahead
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
圥
セン   さき ahead   
地
チ   ジ    ground   
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也
ヤ   to be
覆
フク   overturned   くつがえる to be overturned   くつがえす to overturn   おおう to conceal, disguise   
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復
フク    return, be restored   
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彳
step
复
make the man go all day
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
夂
go
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覀
west
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