郵政事業は政府の独占事業です。

Sentence Analyzer

郵政 事業 は 政府 の 独占 事業 です 。

English Translation

Postal services are a government monopoly.

Furigana

郵政(ゆうせい)事業(じぎょう)は政府(せいふ)の独占(どくせん)事業(じぎょう)です。

Romanji

Yūsei jigyō wa seifu no dokusen jigyō desu.

Words

郵政 (ゆうせい)

postal system

事業 (じぎょう、ことわざ)

project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; venture; service; act; deed; conduct

は (は)

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

政府 (せいふ)

government; administration

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

独占 (どくせん)

monopoly; monopolization; hogging; keeping to oneself

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

郵

Reading: ユウ

Meanings: mail, stagecoach stop

政

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん

Meanings: politics, government

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

業

Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ

Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance

府

Reading: フ

Meanings: borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

独

Readings: ドク、 トク、 ひと.り

Meanings: single, alone, spontaneously, Germany

占

Readings: セン、 し.める、 うらな.う

Meanings: fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take