日本でいちばん長い川はどれですか。

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日本 で いちばん 長い 川 は どれ です か 。

English Translation

Which river is the longest in Japan?

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)でいちばん長(なが)い川(かわ)はどれですか。

Romanji

Nippon de ichiban nagai kawa wa dore desu ka.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

一番 (いちばん)

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

は (は)

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

何れ (どれ)

which (of three or more); whichever; any; well; now; let me see

です (です)

be; is

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

Kanji

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

長

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)