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林商店が日本におけるわが社の唯一の代理店である。

Sentence Analyzer

商店 日本 における わが 唯一 代理店 ある

English Translation

Messrs. Hayashi & Co. is our sole agent in Japan.

Furigana

(はやし)商店(しょうてん)日本(にっぽん)におけるわが(しゃ)唯一(ゆいいつ)代理店(だいりてん)である。

Romanji

Hayashi shōten ga Nippon niokeru waga sha no yuiitsu no dairiten de aru.

Words

(はやし)
woods; forest; copse; thicket; bunch; line (of something); collection
商店 (しょうてん)
shop; small store; business; firm
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
に於ける (における)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
我が (わが)
my; our; one's own
(しゃ)
company; association; society; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
()
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
唯一 (ゆいいつ、ゆいつ)
only; sole; unique
代理店 (だいりてん)
agent; agency
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: リン、 はやし
Meanings: grove, forest
Readings: ショウ、 あきな.う
Meanings: make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: ユイ、 イ、 ただ
Meanings: solely, only, merely, simply
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth