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Breakdown of chizu
diagram
図
You see an enclosure with something resembling the Big Dipper inside it. It's a diagram.
ground
地
The ground is where the soil chooses to be.
Usages of chizu
これ は 横浜 の 地図 です。kore wa yokohama no chizu desu.
This is a map of Yokohama.
地図 が 必要 です。chizu ga hitsuyou desu.
I need a map.
この 地図 は 違う よ。kono chizu wa chigau yo.
This map is wrong!
地下鉄 の 地図 を 見て ください。chikatetsu no chizu o mite kudasai.
Please look at the subway map.
壁 に 大きな 地図 が 貼って あります。kabe ni ookina chizu ga hatte arimasu.
There is a large map on the wall. (pasted on the wall)
地理 の 授業 で 地図 の 読み方 を 学びました。chiri no jugyou de chizu no yomikata o manabimashita.
We learned how to read maps in geography class.
駅 で 無料 の 地図 を もらいました。eki de muryou no chizu o moraimashita.
I got a free map at the station.
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