彼は筆一本で巨万の富を築いた

N5 彼 kare he N3 筆 fude writing brush N5 一 ichi one, number one N5 本 hon book N5 万 man ten thousand N1 富 tomi wealth, fortune

N3 彼 hi / kare, kano, ka.no he, that, the N2 筆 hitsu / fude writing brush, writing, painting brush N5 一 ichi, itsu / hito-, hito.tsu one, one radical (no.1), un N5 本 hon / moto book, present, main N2 巨 kyo gigantic, big, large N5 万 man, ban / yorozu ten thousand, 10,000, myriade N3 富 fu, fuu / to.mu, tomi wealth, enrich, abundant N2 築 chiku / kizu.ku fabricate, build, construct

N5 〜を o Marks the direct object of an action, appears before the verb, shows what receives the action N5 〜で de Indicates where an action happens, means used, tool, cause, or material depending on context N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information