Sentence Composition
| 1 | 北海道 | Běihǎidào | Hokkaidō, Japan |
| 2 | 在 | zài |
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| =3 | 仙台 | Xiāntái | Sendai, city in northeast Japan |
| =3 | 仙台 | Xiāntái | Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣 Gōngchéngxiàn in northeast Japan |
| =4 | 的 | de |
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| =4 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =4 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =4 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 5 | 北方 | běifāng |
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