ほとんどの日本人が少なくとも１日に１度は米を食べる。

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English Translation

Most Japanese eat rice at least once a day.

Furigana

ほとんどの日本人(にっぽんじん)が少(すく)なくとも１日(にち)に１度(ど)は米(こめ)を食(た)べる。

Romanji

Hotondo no nipponjin ga sukunakutomo ichi nichi ni ichi do wa kome o taberu.

Words

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

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

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

が (が)

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

少なくとも (すくなくとも)

at least

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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

度 (ど)

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)

は (は)

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

米 (こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)

(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on