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くに
国
が
じぶん
自分
たちの
ていこく
帝国
を
きず
築
こうとすると
せんそう
戦争
が
お
起
こる。
War breaks out when nations try to form their own empires.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
国が自分たちの帝国を築こうとすると戦争が起こる。
verb plain form + と verb plain form + と
 
when, if
国が自分たちの帝国を築こうとすると戦争が起こる。
irregular verbs irregular verbs
 
来る（くる） and する
国が自分たちの帝国を築こうとすると戦争が起こる。
verb volitional form + とする verb volitional form + とする
 
try to do
国が自分たちの帝国を築こうとすると戦争が起こる。
としたら・とすれば・とすると としたら・とすれば・とすると
 
if we assume ~
国が自分たちの帝国を築こうとすると戦争が起こる。
Conjugations and inflections
  築こう is the volitional form of 'ku' godan verb 築く   ALL INFLECTIONS
  起こる is the plain form of 'ru' godan verb 起こる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
く に 0
noun
1. country; state
2. region
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じ ぶ ん 0
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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た ち 2
noun
1. departure; setting off; start
2. being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
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て い こ く 0 て い こ く 1
noun
1. empire
2. imperial
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き ず く 2
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to build; to pile up; to amass
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う
auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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せ ん そ う 0
war
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お こ る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to occur; to happen
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Kanji
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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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
囗
box, enclosure   
自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
分
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
帝
テイ    sovereign   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
冖
cover; covered   
巾
キン   turban; cloth
築
チク   きずく to construct, to make   
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筑
チク    zither   
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凡
ハン   ボン    simple, mediocre   
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几
キ    table   
工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
⺮
bamboo
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   
戦
セン   いくさ battle, war   たたかう to do battle   
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単
タン    simple   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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⺍
small
田
デン   た rice field   
戈
tasseled spear
争
ソウ   あらそう to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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⺈
corner
肀
slashed yo
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⺕
yo; yell
起
キ   おきる to wake up, to get up   おこる to happen   おこす to rouse   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
走
ソウ   はしる run   
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