高い山の頂上は空気が薄い。

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高い山の頂上は空気が薄い。

English Translation

The air is thin at the top of a high mountain.

Furigana

高(たか)い山(やま)の頂上(ちょうじょう)は空気(くうき)が薄(うす)い。

Romanji

Takai yama no chōjō wa kūki ga usui.

Words

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

山 (やま)

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; climax; peak; critical point; guess; speculation; criminal case; crime; mountain climbing; mountaineering; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); wall; wall tile; temple; temple grounds; wild

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

頂上 (ちょうじょう)

top; summit; peak

は (は)

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

空気 (くうき)

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

が (が)

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

薄い (うすい)

thin; pale; light; watery; dilute; sparse; weak (taste, etc.); slim (probability, etc.); small