No. 78 in Japanese
小野田
"小野田" (Onoda) is a Japanese surname and place name.
In a sentence
小野田さんは今日も早く出勤しました。
Mr. Onoda went to work early again today.
In this sentence, '小野田' is used as a surname with the honorific 'さん' suffix, denoting respect towards the individual referred to.
小野田の会社は駅の近くにあります。
Onoda's company is near the station.
'小野田' here acts as a possessive proper noun, referring to the owner of the company, identified by the following possession marker 'の'.
この町には、小野田という有名な料理店があります。
In this town, there is a famous restaurant named 'Onoda'.
The word '小野田' is used as the name of an entity, in this case, a restaurant, introduced by 'という' to identify the naming.
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