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日本の米市場は輸入に対し閉ざされている。

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日本 市場 輸入 に対し 閉ざされている

English Translation

Japan's rice market is closed to imports.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)(べい)市場(しじょう)輸入(ゆにゅう)(たい)()ざされている。

Romanji

Nippon no Bei shijō wa yunyū nitaishi tozasareteiru.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
()
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
(こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)
(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old
市場 (しじょう)
(the) market (as a concept)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
輸入 (ゆにゅう、しゅにゅう)
importation; import; introduction; afferent
に対し (にたいし)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
閉ざす (とざす、さす)
to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten; to plunge (in grief)

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: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね
Meanings: rice, USA, metre
Readings: シ、 いち
Meanings: market, city, town
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
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: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Readings: ヘイ、 と.じる、 と.ざす、 し.める、 し.まる、 た.てる
Meanings: closed, shut