大阪は日本の商業の中心地です。
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English Translation
Osaka is the center of commerce in Japan.
Furigana
Romanji
Ōsaka wa Nippon no shōgyō no chūshinchi desu.
Words
大阪
(おおさか、おおざか)
Osaka; large hill
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
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
商業
(しょうぎょう)
commerce; trade; business
中心地
(ちゅうしんち)
center; centre; metropolis
です
(です)
be; is
Kanji
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ハン、 さか
Meanings: heights, slope
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ショウ、 あきな.う
Meanings: make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth