都会は便利だが、一方自然は少ない

N3 都会 tokai city N5 便利 benri convenient N3 だが da ga but, however N3 一方 ippou on the other hand, meanwhile, one side N3 自然 shizen nature, natural, spontaneous N5 少ない sukunai few, little

N3 都 to, tsu / miyako metropolis, capital, all N4 会 kai, e / a.u, a.waseru, atsu.maru meeting, meet, party N3 便 ben, bin / tayo.ri convenience, facility, excrement N3 利 ri / ki.ku profit, advantage, benefit N5 一 ichi, itsu / hito-, hito.tsu one, one radical (no.1), un N4 方 hou / kata, -kata, -gata direction, person, alternative N4 自 ji, shi / mizuka.ra, ono.zukara, ono.zuto oneself, soi-même, uno mismo N3 然 zen, nen / shika, shika.ri, shika.shi, sa sort of thing, so, if so N4 少 shou / suku.nai, suko.shi few, little, un petit peu

N5 〜が ga Marks the grammatical subject, highlights new information, can also show slight contrast in some sentences N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information