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3 シアトル市 Seattle

Alternative Meanings

City Of Seattle

Part of Speech

Proper noun

Reading

しあとるし

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

シアトルし

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

今はシアトル市にすんでいます。

I live in Seattle now.

わたしのお母さんは、シアトル市でそだちました。

My mother grew up in Seattle.

あなたのへんがおしゃしんを、シアトル市におくります。

I will send that funny picture of you to Seattle.

Meaning Explanation

The name of the city (シアトル／しあとる) with a 市 attached to it means it is "the city of ____." You can do this with any city (try it out on your hometown!). Because of this, you should know that this word means Seattle, or more specifically City of Seattle.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

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