野球は日本でとびぬけていちばん人気のあるスポーツです。

Sentence Analyzer

野球 は 日本 で とびぬけて いちばん 人気 の ある スポーツ です 。

English Translation

Baseball is by far the most popular sport in Japan.

Furigana

野球(やきゅう)は日本(にっぽん)でとびぬけていちばん人気(にんき)のあるスポーツです。

Romanji

Yakyū wa Nippon de tobinukete ichiban ninki no aru supo-tsu desu.

Words

野球 (やきゅう)

baseball

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

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

飛び抜ける (とびぬける)

to be preeminent or outstanding

一番 (いちばん)

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece

人気 (にんき)

popularity; popular feeling; business conditions

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

スポーツ (スポーツ)

sport; sports

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

野

Readings: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-

Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life

球

Readings: キュウ、 たま

Meanings: ball, sphere

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood