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日本の米の消費は減少している。

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日本 消費 減少している

English Translation

Japan's consumption of rice is decreasing.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)(べい)消費(しょうひ)減少(げんしょう)している。

Romanji

Nippon no Bei no shōhi wa genshōshiteiru.

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
消費 (しょうひ)
consumption; expenditure
()
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