大量の材木が紙の製造に使われている。

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大量の材木が紙の製造に使われている。

English Translation

Large amounts of timber are used in paper making.

Furigana

大量(たいりょう)の材木(ざいもく)が紙(かみ)の製造(せいぞう)に使(つか)われている。

Romanji

Tairyō no zaimoku ga kami no seizō ni tsukawareteiru.

Words

大量 (たいりょう)

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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

材木 (ざいもく)

lumber; timber

が (が)

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

紙 (かみ)

paper

製造 (せいぞう)

manufacture; production

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

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak