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信濃川は日本でいちばん長い川だ。

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信濃川 日本 いちばん 長い

English Translation

No other river in Japan is longer than the Shinano.

Furigana

信濃川(しなのがわ)日本(にっぽん)でいちばん(なが)(かわ)だ。

Romanji

Shinanogawa wa Nippon de ichiban nagai kawa da.

Words

()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
(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
(かわ、がわ)
river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Reading: シン
Meanings: faith, truth, fidelity, trust
Readings: ノウ、 こ.い
Meanings: concentrated, thick, dark, undiluted
Readings: セン、 かわ
Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior