沖縄は本州よりも中国に近いということに気付いてましたか。

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English Translation

Are you aware that Okinawa is closer to China than to Honshu?

Furigana

沖縄(おきなわ)は本州(ほんしゅう)よりも中国(ちゅうごく)に近(ちか)いということに気付(きづ)いてましたか。

Romanji

Okinawa wa Honshū yori mo Chūgoku ni chikai toiu koto ni kizuitemashita ka.

Words

沖縄 (おきなわ)

Okinawa (prefecture); region comprising most of Japan's southwestern archipelago (esp. Okinawa Island); Okinawa (city)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

本州 (ほんしゅう)

Honshu (largest of the four main islands of Japan)

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

中国 (ちゅうごく)

China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country; main region

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

気付く (きづく)

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way