日本の米の消費は減少している。
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English Translation
Japan's consumption of rice is decreasing.
Furigana
Romanji
Nippon no Bei no shōhi wa genshōshiteiru.
Words
日本
(にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
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
米
(こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)
(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old
消費
(しょうひ)
consumption; expenditure
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
減少
(げんしょう)
decrease; reduction; decline
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: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す
Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Readings: ヒ、 つい.やす、 つい.える
Meanings: expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす
Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little