この国は天然資源が乏しい。

この国は天然資源が乏しい。

This country is poor in natural resources.

この国(くに)は天然(てんねん)資源(しげん)が乏(とぼ)しい。

Kono kuni wa tennen shigen ga toboshii.

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

国 (くに)

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

は (は)

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

天然 (てんねん)

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

資源 (しげん)

resources

が (が)

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

乏しい (とぼしい、ともしい)

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor

Readings: コク、くに

Meaning: country

Readings: テン、あまつ、あめ、あま-

Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial

Readings: ゼン、ネン、しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ

Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

Reading: シ

Meanings: assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to

Readings: ゲン、みなもと

Meanings: source, origin

Readings: ボウ、とぼ.しい、とも.しい

Meanings: destitution, scarce, limited