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すな

sand

suna

JLPT
N4
Frequency
#4,964

Meanings

  1. 1
    sand; grit; fine graveln

JMdict 1291500

In a sentence

すなsandうえaboveあるく歩くwalk

Walking on sand

How it works

Two particles chain the pieces together. (of) links すな (sand) to うえ (top) to mean “the top of the sand,” and (object) marks that surface as what the walking crosses. The verb 歩くあるく (walk) lands last, as Japanese verbs always do.

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