日本の自動車メーカーは新しい設備に大きな投資をしている。

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English Translation

Japanese automakers are investing heavily in new plant and equipment.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の自動車(じどうしゃ)メーカーは新(あたら)しい設備(せつび)に大(おお)きな投資(とうし)をしている。

Romanji

Nippon no jidōsha me-ka- wa atarashii setsubi ni ōkina tōshi o shiteiru.

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

自動車 (じどうしゃ)

automobile

メーカー (メーカー、メーカ)

manufacturer; maker

は (は)

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

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

設備 (せつび)

equipment; device; facilities; installation

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

投資 (とうし)

investment

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to