東京に住んでいる外国のビジネスマンたちは、輸入欧米食料品の高価格にしばしば文句を言う。

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English Translation

Foreign businessmen living in Tokyo often complain of the high prices for imported western food.

Furigana

東京(とうきょう)に住(す)んでいる外国(がいこく)のビジネスマンたちは、輸入(ゆにゅう)欧米(おうべい)食料品(しょくりょうひん)の高(こう)価格(かかく)にしばしば文句(もんく)を言(い)う。

Romanji

Tōkyō ni sundeiru gaikoku no bijinesumantachi wa, yunyū Ōbei shokuryōhin no kō kakaku ni shibashiba monku o iu.

Words

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

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

は (は)

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

輸入 (ゆにゅう、しゅにゅう)

importation; import; introduction; afferent

欧米 (おうべい)

Europe and America; the West

食料品 (しょくりょうひん)

foodstuff; groceries

高 (こう)

high school; high-

価格 (かかく)

price; value; cost

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

文句 (もんく)

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

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.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise