地球の表面の約三分の一が陸地である。

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地球の表面の約三分の一が陸地である。

English Translation

About one third of the earth's surface is land.

Furigana

地球(ちきゅう)の表面(ひょうめん)の約(やく)三(さん)分(ぶん)の一(いち)が陸地(りくち)である。

Romanji

Chikyū no hyōmen no yaku san bunno ichi ga rikuchi de aru.

Words

地球 (ちきゅう)

the earth; the globe

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

表面 (ひょうめん)

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

分の (ぶんの)

-th (e.g. one fifth)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

が (が)

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