ウェリントンの人口は東京の約４０分の１しかないのです。

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English Translation

The population of Wellington is only about one fortieth that of Tokyo.

Furigana

ウェリントンの人口(じんこう)は東京(とうきょう)の約(やく)４０分(ぶん)の１しかないのです。

Romanji

Wherinton no jinkō wa Tōkyō no yaku yon zero bunno ichi shika nai no desu.

Words

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

人口 (じんこう)

population; common talk

は (は)

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

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

分の (ぶんの)

-th (e.g. one fifth)

一 (いち)

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

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

です (です)

be; is