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日本は大都市の勤勉なサラリーマンによって支えられている経済だ。

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日本 大都市 勤勉な サラリーマン によって 支えられている 経済

English Translation

Japan has an economy that is supported by hard-working company employees in big cities.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)大都市(だいとし)勤勉(きんべん)なサラリーマンによって(ささ)えられている経済(けいざい)だ。

Romanji

Nippon wa daitoshi no kinbenna sarari-man niyotte sasaerareteiru keizai da.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
大都市 (だいとし)
metropolis; large city
()
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
勤勉 (きんべん)
diligent; industrious
サラリーマン (サラリーマン、サラーリーマン、サラリマン、サラリー・マン、サラーリー・マン、サラリ・マン)
office worker; company employee; company man
に因って (によって)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
支える (ささえる)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
経済 (けいざい)
economics; business; finance; economy
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

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: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ト、 ツ、 みやこ
Meanings: metropolis, capital
Readings: シ、 いち
Meanings: market, city, town
Readings: キン、 ゴン、 つと.める、 -づと.め、 つと.まる、 いそ.しむ
Meanings: diligence, become employed, serve
Readings: ベン、 つと.める
Meanings: exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent
Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う
Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 へ.る、 た.つ、 たていと、 はか.る、 のり
Meanings: sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
Readings: サイ、 セイ、 す.む、 -ず.み、 -ずみ、 す.まない、 す.ます、 -す.ます、 すく.う、 な.す、 わたし、 わた.る
Meanings: finish, come to an end, excusable, need not