多くの会社が市場の金持ち層を獲得しようと競争している。

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English Translation

Many firms are competing for the wealthier segment of the market.

Furigana

多(おお)くの会社(かいしゃ)が市場(しじょう)の金持(かねも)ち層(そう)を獲得(かくとく)しようと競争(きょうそう)している。

Romanji

Ōku no kaisha ga shijō no kanemochisō o kakutokushiyou to kyōsōshiteiru.

Words

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

が (が)

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

市場 (しじょう)

(the) market (as a concept)

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.

獲得 (かくとく)

acquisition; possession

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

競争 (きょうそう)

competition; contest; to compete