１９７０年代、日本は自動車産業の分野でアメリカのお株を奪った。

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English Translation

In the automotive industry of the 1970's, Japan beat the U.S. at its own game.

Furigana

１９７０年代(ねんだい)、日本(にっぽん)は自動車(じどうしゃ)産業(さんぎょう)の分野(ぶんや)でアメリカのお株(かぶ)を奪(うば)った。

Romanji

Ichi kyū nana zero nendai, Nippon wa jidōsha sangyō no bun'ya de Amerika no okabu o ubatta.

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

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年代 (ねんだい)

age; era; period; date

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

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

自動車 (じどうしゃ)

automobile

産業 (さんぎょう)

industry; livelihood; occupation

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

分野 (ぶんや)

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

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.

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

御株 (おかぶ)

one's forte

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.

奪う (うばう)

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal