日本は資源が乏しい国にもかかわらず、国際貿易のお陰で経済大国に発展した。

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English Translation

Though it is poor in natural resources, Japan has become an economic superpower thanks to international trade.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)は資源(しげん)が乏(とぼ)しい国(くに)にもかかわらず、国際(こくさい)貿易(ぼうえき)のお陰(かげ)で経済(けいざい)大国(たいこく)に発展(はってん)した。

Romanji

Nippon wa shigen ga toboshii kuni ni mo kakawarazu, kokusai bōeki no okage de keizai taikoku ni hattenshita.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

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

資源 (しげん)

resources

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

乏しい (とぼしい、ともしい)

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

関わる (かかわる)

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

国際 (こくさい)

international

貿易 (ぼうえき)

trade (foreign)

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

お蔭 (おかげ)

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing; assistance; help; aid; effects; influence

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

経済 (けいざい)

economics; business; finance; economy

大国 (たいこく)

large country; major powers

発展 (はってん)

development; growth; advancement; unfurling; expansion; extension; enlargement; playing around; having an active sex life