小企業は大企業にしばしば、吸収される。

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小企業は大企業にしばしば、吸収される。

English Translation

Small businesses are often absorbed by a major company.

Furigana

小(しょう)企業(きぎょう)は大(だい)企業(きぎょう)にしばしば、吸収(きゅうしゅう)される。

Romanji

Shō kigyō wa dai kigyō ni shibashiba, kyūshūsareru.

Words

小 (しょう)

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)

企業 (きぎょう)

enterprise; undertaking; corporation; business

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

大 (おお)

big; large

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

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

吸収 (きゅうしゅう)

absorption; suction; attraction