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日本は原料を輸入に頼っている。

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日本 原料 輸入 頼っている

English Translation

Japan depends on imports for raw materials.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)原料(げんりょう)輸入(ゆにゅう)(たよ)っている。

Romanji

Nippon wa genryō o yunyū ni tayotteiru.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
原料 (げんりょう)
raw materials
()
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.
輸入 (ゆにゅう、しゅにゅう)
importation; import; introduction; afferent
()
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
頼る (たよる)
to rely on; to have recourse to; to depend on

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: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials
Readings: ユ、 シュ
Meanings: transport, send, be inferior
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert
Readings: ライ、 たの.む、 たの.もしい、 たよ.る
Meanings: trust, request