日本の人口は中国の人口の８分の１だ。

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日本の人口は中国の人口の８分の１だ。

English Translation

The population of Japan is one-eighth as that of China.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の人口(じんこう)は中国(ちゅうごく)の人口(じんこう)の８分(ぶん)の１だ。

Romanji

Nippon no jinkō wa Chūgoku no jinkō no hachi bunno ichi da.

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

人口 (じんこう)

population; common talk

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

中国 (ちゅうごく)

China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country; main region

八 (はち、や)

eight

分の (ぶんの)

-th (e.g. one fifth)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

だ (だ)

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