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Phonemes: | to | u | kyo | u | wa | syu' | to | da | ||||
Romanization: | Tô | kyô | wa | shu | to | da | . | |||||
Structure: | noun (Tôkyô) | topic marker | noun (capital) | copula (is) | ||||||||
Meaning: | Tôkyô is capital. |
Hiragana: | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Phonemes: | kyo' | u | to | wa | syu' | to | da | Q | ta | ||||
Romanization: | Kyô | to | wa | shu | to | da | t | ta | . | ||||
Structure: | noun (Kyôto) | topic marker | noun (capital) | copula (was) | |||||||||
Meaning: | Kyôto was capital. |
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Phonemes: | to | u | kyo | u | wa | syu' | to | de | su | ||||
Romanization: | Tô | kyô | wa | shu | to | de | su | . | |||||
Structure: | noun (Tôkyô) | topic marker | noun (capital) | copula (is + polite) |
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Phonemes: | kyo' | u | to | wa | syu' | to | de | si | ta | ||||
Romanization: | Kyô | to | wa | shu | to | de | shi | ta | . | ||||
Structure: | noun (Kyôto) | topic marker | noun (capital) | copula (was + polite) |
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Phonemes: | to | u | kyo | u | wa | syu' | to | de | a' | ru | |||||
Romanization: | Tô | kyô | wa | shu | to | de | a | ru | . | ||||||
Structure: | noun (Tôkyô) | topic marker | noun (capital) | copula (be) | auxiliary verb (present) |
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Phonemes: | kyo' | u | to | wa | syu' | to | de | a' | Q | ta | |||||
Romanization: | Kyô | to | wa | shu | to | de | a | t | ta | . | |||||
Structure: | noun (Kyôto) | topic marker | noun (capital) | copula (be) | auxiliary verb (past) |
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