日本の競争力は工業製品では非常に強いが、農業産品では弱い。

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English Translation

Japan's competitiveness is very strong in industrial products, but weak in agricultural products.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の競争力(きょうそうりょく)は工業(こうぎょう)製品(せいひん)では非常(ひじょう)に強(つよ)いが、農業(のうぎょう)産品(さんぴん)では弱(よわ)い。

Romanji

Nippon no kyōsōryoku wa kōgyō seihin de wa hijō ni tsuyoi ga, nōgyō sanpin de wa yowai.

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

競争力 (きょうそうりょく)

competitive power

は (は)

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

工業 (こうぎょう)

(manufacturing) industry

製品 (せいひん)

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

非常 (ひじょう)

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

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

強い (つよい)

strong; powerful; mighty; potent; resistant; resilient; durable

が (が)

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

農業 (のうぎょう)

agriculture

産品 (さんぴん)

products

弱い (よわい)

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)