琵琶湖は日本最大の湖です。

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琵琶湖 日本 最大 です

English Translation

Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.

Furigana

琵琶湖(びわこ)日本(にっぽん)最大(さいだい)(みずうみ)です。

Romanji

Biwako wa Nippon saidai no mizuumi desu.

Words

琵琶湖 (びわこ)
Lake Biwa
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
最大 (さいだい)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(みずうみ)
lake
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ビ、 ヒ
Meanings: glissando on strings, lute
Readings: ハ、 ベ、 ワ
Meaning: lute
Readings: コ、 みずうみ
Meaning: lake
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: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big