アメリカでは、現金を払うのではなく小切手を書くのが普通です。

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English Translation

In the U.S., it is common for people to write a check instead of paying cash.

Furigana

アメリカでは、現金(げんきん)を払(はら)うのではなく小切手(こぎって)を書(か)くのが普通(ふつう)です。

Romanji

Amerika de wa, genkin o harau no de wa naku kogitte o kaku no ga futsū desu.

Words

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

現金 (げんきん)

cash; ready money; money on hand; currency; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

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.

払う (はらう)

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)

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

だ (だ)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

小切手 (こぎって)

cheque; check

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

が (が)

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

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

です (です)

be; is