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Today, I'm going to talk about the importance of sport in modern society.
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Vocabulary list

kyou
noun, adverb
  1. today; this day
  2. these days; recently; nowadays
watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
gendaishakai
noun
  1. modern society
gendai
noun, no adjective
  1. present age; present day; today
  2. modern era; modern times
shakai
noun
  1. society; public; community; the world
  2. social studies
niokeru
expression
  1. in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
supootsu
noun, no adjective
  1. sport; sports
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
juuyousei
noun
  1. importance; gravity
juuyou
na adjective, noun
  1. important; momentous; essential; principal; major
sei
noun
  1. nature (of a person)
  2. sex
  3. gender
suffix
  1. -ty; -ity; -ness; -cy (indicating quality or condition)
nikanshite
expression
  1. related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
hanasu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
  2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
  3. to speak (a language)
tsumori
noun
  1. intention; plan
  2. conviction; belief
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)

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