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For a start, I visited Jerusalem - a sacred place for three major religions.
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Vocabulary list

tehajime
noun
  1. outset; start; beginning
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
sandai
prefix
  1. the big three ...
san
numeric
  1. three (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
  1. tri-
daishuukyou
noun
  1. major religion; great religion
dai
prefix, na adjective, noun
  1. large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
prefix
  1. great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
suffix
  1. -sized; as big as; the size of
suffix, prefix
  1. university
noun
  1. large (e.g. serving size); large option
  2. long month (i.e. having 31 days)
shuukyou
noun
  1. religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed
  2. religious activity
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
seichi
noun
  1. sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land
  2. real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
erusaremu
noun
  1. Jerusalem
wo
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
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
otozureru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to visit; to call on
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
  2. to make a sound (original meaning)
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to send a letter; to inquire about a letter
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
da

Plain Past Indicative Form

datta
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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