北海の海底で石油が発見されている。

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北海 の 海底 で 石油 が 発見されている 。

English Translation

Oil has been discovered under the North Sea.

Furigana

北海(ほっかい)の海底(かいてい)で石油(せきゆ)が発見(はっけん)されている。

Romanji

Hokkai no kaitei de sekiyu ga hakkensareteiru.

Words

北海 (ほっかい)

northern sea; North Sea

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

海底 (かいてい、うなぞこ)

bottom of the ocean; undersea; submarine

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.

石油 (せきゆ)

oil; petroleum; kerosene

が (が)

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

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

Kanji

北

Readings: ホク、 きた

Meaning: north

海

Readings: カイ、 うみ

Meanings: sea, ocean

底

Readings: テイ、 そこ

Meanings: bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort

石

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 コク、 いし

Meaning: stone

油

Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 あぶら

Meanings: oil, fat

発

Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible