ほとんどの物やサービスの購入に対しては５％の消費税がかかる。

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English Translation

A 5% consumption tax is levied on purchases of most goods and services.

Furigana

ほとんどの物(もの)やサービスの購入(こうにゅう)に対(たい)しては５％の消費(しょうひ)税(ぜい)がかかる。

Romanji

Hotondo no mono ya sa-bisu no kōnyū nitaishite wa go pa-sento no shōhi zei ga kakaru.

Words

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

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

物 (もの、もん)

thing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

サービス (サービス、サーヴィス)

service; help; assistance; care; concern; discount; freebie; free gift; service; serve; service; servicing; (product) maintenance

購入 (こうにゅう)

purchase; buy

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

は (は)

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

消費 (しょうひ)

consumption; expenditure

税 (ぜい)

tax

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on