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The Olympic Games are held every four years.
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orinpikkutaikai
noun
  1. Olympic Games; Olympics
orinpikku
noun
  1. Olympics
taikai
noun
  1. mass meeting; convention; rally; conference; assembly; gathering
  2. tournament; competition; contest; meet
  3. grand event
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
yonen
noun
  1. four years
shi
numeric
  1. four (肆 is used in legal documents)
toshigotoni
adverb
  1. annually; every year
toshigoto
noun, adverb
  1. every year; year by year
toshi
noun, adverb
  1. year
noun
  1. age; years
  2. past one's prime; old age
gotoni
expression, suffix
  1. one by one; each; every; at intervals of
goto
noun, noun, used as a suffix, adverb
  1. each; every
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
kaisai
noun, suru verb
  1. holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
suru

Passive Plain Present Indicative Form

sareru
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)

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