お米の質は下がりつつある。
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English Translation
The quality of rice is going down.
Furigana
お米 の質 は下 がりつつある。
Romanji
O Bei no shitsu wa sagari tsutsu aru.
Words
御
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
米
(こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)
(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old
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
質
(しつ)
quality
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
下がる
(さがる)
to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; to get closer to the present day; to go south
つつ
(つつ)
while; even though; despite
有る
(ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about