熱帯雨林は一日数万ヘクタールの割合でなくなっている。

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English Translation

The rainforests are disappearing at the rate of tens of thousands of hectares a day.

Furigana

熱帯(ねったい)雨林(うりん)は一(いち)日(にち)数(すう)万(まん)ヘクタールの割合(わりあい)でなくなっている。

Romanji

Nettai urin wa ichi nichi sū man hekuta-ru no wariai denaku natteiru.

Words

熱帯 (ねったい)

tropics

雨林 (うりん)

rain forest

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

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

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

万 (まん、よろず)

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; various

ヘクタール (ヘクタール)

hectare

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

割合 (わりあい)

rate; ratio; percentage; proportion; comparatively; contrary to expectations

だ (だ)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...