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To describe someone who has long hair one could say: |
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トム さん の かみ は ながい です。 |
Tom's hair is long. |
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tomu san no kami wa nagai desu. |
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However, it is more natural in Japanese to say: |
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トム さん は かみ が ながい です。 |
Tom has long hair (or As for Tom, he has long hair.) |
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tomu san no kami ga nagai desu. |
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This not only applies to hair length, but to most descriptions of a person's
physical attributes. |
| A さん は [physical attribute]
が [description of attribute] |
Person A has a body part which is... |
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Some idiomatic definitions: |
| 背が高い |
is tall |
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se ga takai |
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| 背が低い |
is short |
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se ga hikui |
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| 頭がいい |
is bright (smart, "head good") |
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atama ga ii |
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