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Is it true that the Pacific side of Japan is cheerful while the Sea of Japan side of Japan is more quiet?
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Vocabulary list

omotenihon
noun
  1. Pacific Ocean coastal regions of Honshu
omote
noun
  1. surface
  2. face (i.e. the visible side of an object)
  3. front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin
  4. outside; exterior
  5. appearance
  6. public
  7. first half (of an inning); top (of an inning)
  8. cover (for tatami mats, etc.)
  9. foreground
nihon
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
akarui
i adjective
  1. light; well-lit; well-lighted
  2. bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored
  3. cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition)
  4. encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects
  5. familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in) (as 〜に明るい)
  6. fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial
uranippon
noun
  1. Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas
ura
noun
  1. opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side
  2. rear; back; behind
  3. lining; inside
  4. in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind (someone's) back
  5. more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
  6. proof
  7. opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary
  8. inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
  9. bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)
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
ottori
adverb taking the to particle, adverb, suru verb
  1. gently; quietly; calmly (often as 〜した adj. phrase to mean 'gentle', etc.)
toha
expression, particle
  1. indicates word or phrase being defined
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) (indicates contrast or adds emphasis to a negative statement)
  3. with (more emphatic than と)
  4. (not) as much as; (not) so much as (with neg. verb)
  5. the fact that; to think that; such a thing as (indicates surprise, disbelief, anger, etc.; sometimes at sentence end)
adverb taking the to particle
to
particle
  1. with
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hontou
noun, no adjective, na adjective
  1. truth; reality; actuality; fact
no adjective, na adjective
  1. proper; right; correct; official
  2. genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable
desuka
expression
  1. indicates question (at sentence-end)
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
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)
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way

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