中国の砂漠は日本より多くの人間を養っている。

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English Translation

China's desert supports more people than are in Japan.

Furigana

中国(ちゅうごく)の砂漠(さばく)は日本(にっぽん)より多(おお)くの人間(にんげん)を養(やしな)っている。

Romanji

Chūgoku no sabaku wa Nippon yori ōku no ningen o yashinatteiru.

Words

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

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

砂漠 (さばく)

desert

は (は)

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

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.

養う (やしなう)

to support; to maintain; to provide for; to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)