日本人は米を食べて生きている。

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日本人は米を食べて生きている。

English Translation

The Japanese live on rice.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)は米(こめ)を食(た)べて生(い)きている。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa kome o tabete ikiteiru.

Words

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

は (は)

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

米 (こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)

(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)