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サービス経済は物を生産しないが有益な労働である。

Sentence Analyzer

サービス 経済 生産しない 有益な 労働 ある

English Translation

Service economy is a useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity.

Furigana

サービス経済(けいざい)(もの)生産(せいさん)しないが有益(ゆうえき)労働(ろうどう)である。

Romanji

Sa-bisu keizai wa mono o seisanshinai ga yūekina rōdō de aru.

Words

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
経済 (けいざい)
economics; business; finance; economy
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(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
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
生産 (せいさん)
production; manufacture
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有益 (ゆうえき)
beneficial; profitable
労働 (ろうどう)
manual labor; manual labour; toil; work; Labour Party
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 へ.る、 た.つ、 たていと、 はか.る、 のり
Meanings: sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
Readings: サイ、 セイ、 す.む、 -ず.み、 -ずみ、 す.まない、 す.ます、 -す.ます、 すく.う、 な.す、 わたし、 わた.る
Meanings: finish, come to an end, excusable, need not
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す
Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 あ.る
Meanings: possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
Readings: エキ、 ヤク、 ま.す
Meanings: benefit, gain, profit, advantage
Readings: ロウ、 ろう.する、 いたわ.る、 いた.ずき、 ねぎら、 つか.れる、 ねぎら.う
Meanings: labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く
Meanings: work, (kokuji)