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Pronunciation
ほとんど の 日本人( にっぽんじん ) が 少なくとも( すくなくとも ) 日( にち ) に １度( ど ) は 米( べい ) を 食べる( たべる ) 。
ほとんど (殆ど) (n-adv,n-t) (uk) mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost; (P) [EDICT] (殆んど) (n-adv,n-t) (uk) mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost; (P) [EDICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] 日本人 (にほんじん(P);にっぽんじん) (n) Japanese person; Japanese people; (P) [EDICT] (Rì běn rén, ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ) Japanese person or people [CE-DICT] が () (prt) (positive sentence end) I dare say; (negative sentence end) though, honestly [EDICT] () (suf,v5r) (1) to feel (on adj-stem to represent a third party's apparent emotion); (2) to behave as if one were [EDICT] () (n) scree [EDICT] () (adv-to) (1) (on-mim) thump; thud (dull sound representing something being hit); (2) severe; difficult; hard [EDICT] (我) (n) (1) {Buddh} obstinacy; (2) atman; the self; the ego [EDICT] (画) (n) picture; drawing; painting; sketch [EDICT] (蛾) (n) moth [EDICT] (賀) (n) (See 賀の祝) congratulation [EDICT] (雅) (n,adj-na) (1) (ant [EDICT] 少なくとも (すくなくとも) (adv) at least; (P) [EDICT] 日 (か) (n-suf) (1) day of month; (ctr) (2) counter for days [EDICT] (にち) (n) (1) (abbr) (See 日曜) Sunday; (suf) (2) (also んち or ち) day (of the month); (suf,ctr) (3) (also んち or ち) counter for days [EDICT] (ひ) (n-adv,n-t) (1) (日 only) day; days; (2) sun; sunshine; sunlight; (3) (日 only) (as 〜した日には, 〜と来た日には, etc.) case (esp. unfortunate); event; (P) [EDICT] (rì, ㄖˋ ) day; sun; date; day of the month; abbr. for Japan [CE-DICT] に (二) สอง [LongdoJP] () (prt) indicates location of action (formal literary form of "de"); at; in; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (See に,は) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] () (exp) also; too; not ... either; as well; even [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (also にゃあ) (See ねば) if not ... (negative conditional); (2) (See には) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] (荷) (n) (1) load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods; (2) burden; responsibility; (P) [EDICT] (似) (suf) takes after (his mother) [EDICT] (丹) (n) red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion; (P) [EDICT] (土) (n) (arch) soil (esp. reddish soil) [EDICT] (尼) (n,n-suf) (abbr) (See 比丘尼) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) [EDICT] (弐) (num) two (used in legal documents) [EDICT] 度 (たび(P);たんび) (n,n-suf,ctr) time (three times, each time, etc.); times; (P) [EDICT] (ど) (n,n-suf) (1) degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); (ctr) (2) counter for occurrences and times; (3) strength (of alcohol); (P) [EDICT] (dù, ㄉㄨˋ ) capacity; degree; degrees (of temperature); standard [CE-DICT] (duó, ㄉㄨㄛˊ ) estimate [CE-DICT] は (葉) ใบไม้ [LongdoJP] () (int) (1) (pol) yes; (2) OK (used to get attention prior to an utterance); okay; (3) giddy-up; giddap; (P) [EDICT] () (v5r,aux-v,suf) (hon) (ksb [EDICT] () (suf) (ksb [EDICT] (歯) (n) tooth; (P) [EDICT] (刃) (n) edge (of a knife or sword); (P) [EDICT] (派) (n,n-suf) clique; faction; school; (P) [EDICT] (破) (n) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song [EDICT] (葉) (n) leaf; (P) [EDICT] 米 (こめ(P);よね(ok);めめ(ok);コメ) (n) (1) (husked grains of) rice; (2) (よね only) 88 years old; (P) [EDICT] (べい) (pref,suf) (See 亜米利加・アメリカ,米国) America; American [EDICT] (メートル) (n) (1) (uk) metre (fre [EDICT] (mǐ, ㄇㄧˇ ) meter (classifier); rice; surname Mi [CE-DICT] を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [EDICT] 食べる (たべる) รับประทาน, กิน [LongdoJP] (たべる) (v1,vt) (1) to eat; (2) to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on; (P) [EDICT]
