日本は原綿の供給を海外に仰ぐ。

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日本は原綿の供給を海外に仰ぐ。

English Translation

Japan depends on overseas countries for the supply of raw cotton.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)は原綿(げんめん)の供給(きょうきゅう)を海外(かいがい)に仰(あお)ぐ。

Romanji

Nippon wa genmen no kyōkyū o kaigai ni aogu.

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

原綿 (げんめん)

raw cotton

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

供給 (きょうきゅう)

supply; provision

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.

海外 (かいがい)

foreign; abroad; overseas

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

仰ぐ (あおぐ)

to look up (at); to look up (to); to respect; to revere; to ask for; to seek; to turn to someone; to depend on; to gulp down; to quaff; to take (e.g. poison)