日本は東は太平洋に面する。
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English Translation
Japan faces the Pacific on the east.
Furigana
Romanji
Nippon wa higashi wa Taiheiyō ni mensuru.
Words
日本
(にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
東
(ひがし、ひむかし、ひんがし)
east
太平洋
(たいへいよう)
Pacific Ocean
に
(に)
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
面
(おもて、おも、も、もて)
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
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: トウ、 ひがし
Meaning: east
Readings: タイ、 タ、 ふと.い、 ふと.る
Meanings: plump, thick, big around
Readings: ヘイ、 ビョウ、 ヒョウ、 たい.ら、 -だいら、 ひら、 ひら-
Meanings: even, flat, peace
Reading: ヨウ
Meanings: ocean, western style
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface