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Breakdown of beikoku
country
国
Enclose a ball and call it a country. Who decides what a country is anyway?
rice
米
Are those horns on that tree? No, they're giant grains of rice!
Usages of beikoku
米国 に います。beikoku ni imasu.
I am in the United States.
いつ 米国 へ 行きました か？itsu beikoku e ikimashita ka?
When did you go to the United States?
私 は 米国 から 来ました。watashi wa beikoku kara kimashita.
I am from the US.
米国 から 日本 に 来ました。beikoku kara nihon ni kimashita.
(I) came from the United States to Japan.
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