日本では琵琶湖ほど大きな湖はほかにない。

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English Translation

No other lake in Japan is as large as Lake Biwa.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)では琵琶湖(びわこ)ほど大(おお)きな湖(みずうみ)はほかにない。

Romanji

Nippon de wa Biwako hodo ōkina mizuumi wa hoka ni nai.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

琵琶湖 (びわこ)

Lake Biwa

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

湖 (みずうみ)

lake

他 (ほか)

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to); besides...; in addition to...

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix