消費者の米離れや国際市場解放が原因とされる米価の下落が原因だ。

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English Translation

It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.

Furigana

消費者(しょうひしゃ)の米離(べいばな)れや国際(こくさい)市場(しじょう)解放(かいほう)が原因(げんいん)とされる米価(べいか)の下落(げらく)が原因(げんいん)だ。

Romanji

Shōhisha no Beibanare ya kokusai shijō kaihō ga gen'in to sareru beika no geraku ga gen'in da.

Words

消費者 (しょうひしゃ)

consumer

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

米離れ (こめばなれ、コメばなれ)

shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

国際 (こくさい)

international

市場 (しじょう)

(the) market (as a concept)

解放 (かいほう)

release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free; deallocation (of computer memory)

が (が)

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

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

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

米価 (べいか)

rice price

下落 (げらく)

depreciation; decline; fall; slump

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative