お米屋さんは、言わずと知れた斜陽産業。

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お 米屋 さん は 、 言わず と 知れた 斜陽 産業 。

English Translation

Needless to say, dealing in rice is a declining industry.

Furigana

お米屋(べいや)さんは、言(い)わずと知(し)れた斜陽(しゃよう)産業(さんぎょう)。

Romanji

O Beiya san wa, iwazu to shireta shayō sangyō.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

米屋 (こめや)

rice shop; rice dealer

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

は (は)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

と (と)

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

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe

斜陽 (しゃよう)

setting sun; declining

産業 (さんぎょう)

industry; livelihood; occupation

Kanji

米

Readings: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね

Meanings: rice, USA, metre

屋

Readings: オク、 や

Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom

斜

Readings: シャ、 なな.め、 はす

Meanings: diagonal, slanting, oblique

陽

Readings: ヨウ、 ひ

Meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime

産

Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す

Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

業

Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ

Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance