日本人は全体として米を食べる国民です。

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日本人は全体として米を食べる国民です。

English Translation

The Japanese as a whole are a rice-eating nation.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)は全体(ぜんたい)として米(べい)を食(た)べる国民(こくみん)です。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa zentai toshite Bei o taberu kokumin desu.

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

全体 (ぜんたい)

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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

国民 (こくみん)

nation; nationality; people; citizen

です (です)

be; is