その国の人口の３分の１は文盲である。

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その国の人口の３分の１は文盲である。

English Translation

One third of the population of that country cannot read.

Furigana

その国(くに)の人口(じんこう)の３分(ぶん)の１は文盲(もんもう)である。

Romanji

Sono kuni no jinkō no san bunno ichi wa monmō de aru.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

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

人口 (じんこう)

population; common talk

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

分の (ぶんの)

-th (e.g. one fifth)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

は (は)

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

文盲 (もんもう)

illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate