日本の市場が閉鎖的だという非難は、負け惜しみにすぎません。

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English Translation

Criticisms that Japan's market is closed are just sour grapes.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の市場(しじょう)が閉鎖的(へいさてき)だという非難(ひなん)は、負(ま)け惜(お)しみにすぎません。

Romanji

Nippon no shijō ga heisateki da toiu hinan wa, makeoshimi ni sugimasen.

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

市場 (しじょう)

(the) market (as a concept)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

閉鎖的 (へいさてき)

insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive

だ (だ)

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

非難 (ひなん)

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

は (は)

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

負け惜しみ (まけおしみ)

poor loser; make excuses; unwilling to admit defeat; sour grapes

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

過ぎる (すぎる)

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...