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Japan has been sending her athletes to the Olympics since 1912.
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senkyuuhyakujuuninen
  1. one thousand nine hundred and twelve years; 1,912 years
nen
noun
  1. year
counter
  1. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)
noun
  1. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
irai
noun, adverb
  1. since; henceforth
nippon
noun
  1. Japan
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
senshu
noun
  1. player (sports); athlete; team member
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.
orinpikku
noun
  1. Olympics
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
okuru

te-form

okutte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
  2. to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
  3. to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
  4. to spend (time); to live one's life
  5. to pass (down the line)
  6. to affix okurigana
Contraction of 「~て·いる」 to 「~て·る」
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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