日本人はよく働く国民です。

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日本人 は よく 働く 国民 です 。

English Translation

The Japanese are an industrious people.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)はよく働(はたら)く国民(こくみん)です。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa yoku hataraku 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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

国民 (こくみん)

nation; nationality; people; citizen

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

働

Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く

Meanings: work, (kokuji)

国

Readings: コク、 くに

Meaning: country

民

Readings: ミン、 たみ

Meanings: people, nation, subjects