中国は日本の約２５倍の広さだ。
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English Translation
China is about twenty-five times as large as Japan.
Furigana
Romanji
Chūgoku wa Nippon no yaku ni go bai no hirosa da.
Words
中国
(ちゅうごく)
China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country; main region
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
の
(の)
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
約
(やく)
approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)
二
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
五
(ご、いつ、い)
five
倍
(ばい)
twice; double; times; -fold
広い
(ひろい)
spacious; vast; wide
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
Kanji
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
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: ヤク、 つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
Meanings: promise, approximately, shrink
Reading: バイ
Meanings: double, twice, times, fold
Readings: コウ、 ひろ.い、 ひろ.まる、 ひろ.める、 ひろ.がる、 ひろ.げる
Meanings: wide, broad, spacious