今日のことば
Word of the Day: July 12, 2018
鹿
noun | しか
MEANING: deer (shika)
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
奈良では、鹿が放し飼いにされています。
ならでは、しかがはなしがいにされています。
In Nara, deer roam freely. (nara dewa, shika ga hanashigai ni sarete imasu.)
NOTES:
[as for in Nara; deer; kept free; are allowed] Nara was an ancient capital of Japan. There are over a thousand deer roaming freely on the streets.
VOCABULARY:
奈良 【なら】 Nara (city in Japan)
で at; は (topic particle pronounced “wa”)
鹿 【しか】 deer
が (particle usually marking subject)
放し飼い 【はなしがい】 kept free; let (the deer) run free; pasturing
に (particle indicating location or act of some action)
されています allowed
奈良 【なら】 Nara (city in Japan)
で at; は (topic particle pronounced “wa”)
鹿 【しか】 deer
が (particle usually marking subject)
放し飼い 【はなしがい】 kept free; let (the deer) run free; pasturing
に (particle indicating location or act of some action)
されています allowed
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