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About three fourths of the earth's surface consists of water.
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chihyou
noun, no adjective
  1. surface of the earth; ground surface
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no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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yaku
adverb
  1. approximately; about
noun
  1. promise; appointment; engagement
  2. shortening; reduction; simplification
  3. contraction (in phonetics)
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shi
numeric
  1. four (肆 is used in legal documents)
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bunno
expression, suffix
  1. -th (e.g. one fifth) (indicates a fraction, e.g. ５分の１ signifies one fifth)
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san
numeric
  1. three (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
  1. tri-
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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mizu
noun
  1. water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) (み is generally used in compounds)
  2. fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
  3. flood; floodwaters
  4. water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
  5. break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
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de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
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naritatsu

te-form

naritatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of
  2. to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid
  3. to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going
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Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
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