お金は物資を売買したり、価値を測ったり、富を蓄えたりするのに使われる。

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English Translation

Money is used for buying or selling goods, measuring value and storing wealth.

Furigana

お金(かね)は物資(ぶっし)を売買(ばいばい)したり、価値(かち)を測(はか)ったり、富(とみ)を蓄(たくわ)えたりするのに使(つか)われる。

Romanji

Okane wa busshi o baibaishi tari, kachi o haka tari, tomi o takuwae tari suru no ni tsukawareru.

Words

お金 (おかね)

money

は (は)

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

物資 (ぶっし)

goods; materials

を (を)

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.

売買 (ばいばい)

trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

価値 (かち)

value; worth; merit

計る (はかる)

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate); to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

富 (とみ)

riches; wealth; fortune; resources; lottery

蓄える (たくわえる)

to store; to lay in stock; to have a beard; to grow a beard

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak