日本海は日本とアジア大陸を隔てている。
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English Translation
The Japan Sea separates Japan from the Asian Continent.
Furigana
Romanji
Nihonkai wa Nippon to Ajia tairiku o hedateteiru.
Words
日本海
(にほんかい、にっぽんかい)
Sea of Japan
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
日本
(にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
亜細亜
(アジア、あじあ)
Asia (esp. "the Far East"); Asian; Asiatic
大陸
(たいりく)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
を
(を)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
隔てる
(へだてる)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
Kanji
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: カイ、 うみ
Meanings: sea, ocean
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: リク、 ロク、 おか
Meanings: land, six
Readings: カク、 へだ.てる、 へだ.たる
Meanings: isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf