日本はいくつかの分野でアメリカに追いついた。

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English Translation

Japan has caught up with America in some fields.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)はいくつかの分野(ぶんや)でアメリカに追(お)いついた。

Romanji

Nippon wa ikutsu ka no bun'ya de Amerika ni oitsuita.

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

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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

分野 (ぶんや)

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

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.

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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

追いつく (おいつく)

to overtake; to catch up (with)