マグロの漁獲量は減ってきている。

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まぐろ の 漁獲量 は 減ってきている 。

English Translation

The tuna catch is declining.

Furigana

マグロの漁獲量(ぎょかくりょう)は減(へ)ってきている。

Romanji

Maguro no gyokakuryō wa hettekiteiru.

Words

鮪 (まぐろ、しび、マグロ)

tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; person who is inactive during sexual intercourse

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

漁獲量 (ぎょかくりょう)

haul (catch) (of fish)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

減る (へる)

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

Kanji

漁

Readings: ギョ、 リョウ、 あさ.る

Meanings: fishing, fishery

獲

Readings: カク、 え.る

Meanings: seize, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to

量

Readings: リョウ、 はか.る

Meanings: quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise

減

Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす

Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry