１９９８年日本の輸出が輸入を７７８億ドル上回った。

Sentence Analyzer

１９９８年日本の輸出が輸入を７７８億どる上回った。

English Translation

Japan's exports exceeded imports by $77.8 billion in 1998.

Furigana

１９９８年(ねん)日本(にっぽん)の輸出(ゆしゅつ)が輸入(ゆにゅう)を７７８億(おく)ドル上回(うわまわ)った。

Romanji

Ichi kyū kyū hachi nen Nippon no yushutsu ga yunyū o nana nana hachi oku doru uwamawatta.

Words

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

八 (はち、や)

eight

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

輸出 (ゆしゅつ、しゅしゅつ)

export; efferent

が (が)

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

輸入 (ゆにゅう、しゅにゅう)

importation; import; introduction; afferent

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.

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

億 (おく)

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

ドール (ドール、ドル)

doll; dhole (Cuon alpinus); Indian wild dog

上回る (うわまわる)

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than