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Breakdown of kuni
country
国
Enclose a ball and call it a country. Who decides what a country is anyway?
Usages of kuni
私 の 国 の 王 じゃ ない です。watashi no kuni no ou ja nai desu.
(He) is not the king of my country.
日本 は きれいな 国 です。nihon wa kireina kuni desu.
Japan is a beautiful country.
その 国 は 小さくて 暑くて きれい です。sono kuni wa chiisakute atsukute kirei desu.
That country is small, hot, and beautiful.
島国shimaguni
island nation
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Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".
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