商社はアジアの新しい市場に目をつけています。

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English Translation

Trade companies aim at a new market in Asia.

Furigana

商社(しょうしゃ)はアジアの新(あたら)しい市場(しじょう)に目(め)をつけています。

Romanji

Shōsha wa Ajia no atarashii shijō ni me o tsuketeimasu.

Words

商社 (しょうしゃ)

trading company; firm

は (は)

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

亜細亜 (アジア、あじあ)

Asia (esp. "the Far East"); Asian; Asiatic

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

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

市場 (しじょう)

(the) market (as a concept)

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

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

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.

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up