アメリカ人が貿易赤字を累積したのは、限度を超えたぜいたくをしたからですよ。

Sentence Analyzer

あめりか人が貿易赤字を累積したのは、限度を超えたぜいたくをしたからですよ。

English Translation

Americans accumulated their trade deficits by living far beyond their means.

Furigana

アメリカ人(じん)が貿易(ぼうえき)赤字(あかじ)を累積(るいせき)したのは、限度(げんど)を超(こ)えたぜいたくをしたからですよ。

Romanji

Amerikajin ga bōeki akaji o ruisekishita no wa, gendo o koeta zeitaku o shita kara desu yo.

Words

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American person

が (が)

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

貿易 (ぼうえき)

trade (foreign)

赤字 (あかじ)

deficit; (being in or going into) the red; red text; red letters; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

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.

累積 (るいせき)

accumulation

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

は (は)

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

限度 (げんど)

limit; bounds

越える (こえる)

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to exceed

贅沢 (ぜいたく)

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

です (です)

be; is

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!