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Grammar
言葉 (ことば • kotoba)
What does the word 言葉 (ことば • kotoba) mean?
Verbs
Basic Grammar
Japanese grammar is normally subject–object–verb with particles marking the grammatical function of words, and sentence structure is topic–comment.
Particles
じゃない Negative
た Past State
です DESU
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A complete list of the 1,945x essential Jōyō Kanji published by the Japanese Ministry of Education.
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Hiragana
う
Hiragana う is derived from 宇 (pronounced u).
あ
The hiragana あ derives from cursive simplification of the kanji 安.
い
Hiragana い comes from the left part of the Kanji 以
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