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日本, にほん, にっぽん

Japan

日本は中国の東方にある。

の

Particle, See 乃, occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之

1. indicates possessive

2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives

See が・1

3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases

often ん

4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion

Female term or language

5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis

料理, りょうり

Takes suru, Transitive

1. cooking, cookery, cuisine, meal, food, dish, item on a menu

2. (easily) dealing with something, handling (well)

これらのりんごは料理用にもってこいだ。

を

Particle

1. indicates direct object of action

2. indicates subject of causative expression

3. indicates an area traversed

4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place

5. indicates point of departure or separation of action

食べる, 喰べる, たべる

Conjugated: 食べ

Ichidan verb, Transitive

1. to eat

2. to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on

もっと果物を食べるべきです。