How to say this river is about one third as long as the shinano. in Japanese
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このこの(kono) (n) this川川(kawa) (n) river/stream/the .... riverはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh信濃no dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb川川(kawa) (n) river/stream/the .... riverのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question３３(３) (num) three/tri-分の１分の１(bunnoichi) (exp,suf) one nth part/one out of nのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question長さ長さ(nagasa) (n) lengthであるである(dearu) (v5r-i) to be。。(。) Japanese period "."
