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ひかり
光
は
しんせん
新鮮
な
くうき
空気
と
おな
同
じくらい
けんこう
健康
に
ひつよう
必要
である。
Light is as necessary as fresh air is for health.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
光は新鮮な空気と同じくらい健康に必要である。
ぐらい and くらい ぐらい and くらい
 
about, around, approximately
光は新鮮な空気と同じくらい健康に必要である。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
光は新鮮な空気と同じくらい健康に必要である。
Conjugations and inflections
  新鮮な is the inflected form of 'na' adjective 新鮮   ALL INFLECTIONS
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ひ か り 3
noun
light
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し ん せ ん 0
fresh
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く う き 1
noun
1. air; atmosphere
2. mood; situation  (see also: 空気を読む)
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お な じ 0
noun or verb acting prenominally, noun
1. same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike
2. (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case
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く ら い 3
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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け ん こ う 0
health; sound; wholesome
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ひ つ よ う 0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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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
光
コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひかる to shine, twinkle   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
兀
one pair of legs
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
儿
legs
新
シン   あたらしい    あらた    にい- new   
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亲
stand in the tree
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
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   
斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
鮮
セン   あざやか vivid, fresh, bright   
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魚
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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⺈
corner
田
デン   た rice field   
灬
fire
羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
空
クウ   から empty   あく to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
穴
ケツ   あな hole   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
宀
roof   
気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
⺄
second   おつ    
㐅
crossed swords
同
ドウ   おなじ same   
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冋
wide mouth
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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健
ケン   すこやか healthy   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
建
ケン   コン   たつ to be built   たてる to build   
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廴
long stride
聿
writing brush
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康
コウ    peace, composure   
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隶
slave
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肀
slashed yo
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⺕
yo; yell
水
スイ   みず water   
广
stony cliff
必
ヒツ   かならず certainly, invariably   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
心
シン   こころ heart   
要
ヨウ   いる to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
覀
west
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