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けん
健
はビルと
おな
同
じくらいの
せたけ
背丈
です。
Ken is as tall as Bill.
Grammar and points of interest
ぐらい and くらい ぐらい and くらい
 
about, around, approximately
健はビルと同じくらいの背丈です。
X は Y です X は Y です
 
X is Y
健はビルと同じくらいの背丈です。
Words
ビ ル 1
noun
1. multi-floor building; multi-storey building  (see also: ビルディング; abbreviation)
2. bill
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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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せ た け 1
noun
stature; height
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Kanji
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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同
ドウ   おなじ same   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
冋
wide mouth
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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背
ハイ   せ the back   せい height   そむく to disobey   そむける to turn one's face away   
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北
ホク   きた north   
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匕
さじ spoon   
丬
left side   じょう    しょう    
⺼
ニク body part   
丈
ジョウ   たけ stature, length   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
乀
stretch
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