日本は、サービスがＧＮＰの５０％以上を占めるサービス経済である。

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English Translation

Japan is a service economy, in which services account for more than 50% of the GNP.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)は、サービスがＧＮＰの５０％以上(いじょう)を占(し)めるサービス経済(けいざい)である。

Romanji

Nippon wa, sa-bisu ga ji-enupi- no go zero pa-sento ijō o shimeru sa-bisu keizai de aru.

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

サービス (サービス、サーヴィス)

service; help; assistance; care; concern; discount; freebie; free gift; service; serve; service; servicing; (product) maintenance

が (が)

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

ＧＮＰ (ジーエヌピー)

gross national product; GNP

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

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.

占める (しめる)

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

経済 (けいざい)

economics; business; finance; economy

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...