彼らは新種の米を栽培することにより食糧生産の増加を望んでいる。

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English Translation

They want to increase food production by growing new kinds of rice.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは新種(しんしゅ)の米(こめ)を栽培(さいばい)することにより食糧(しょくりょう)生産(せいさん)の増加(ぞうか)を望(のぞ)んでいる。

Romanji

Karera wa shinshu no kome o saibaisuru koto niyori shokuryō seisan no zōka o nozondeiru.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

新種 (しんしゅ)

new species; new variety

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

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.

栽培 (さいばい)

cultivation

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

に因り (により)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

食糧 (しょくりょう)

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

生産 (せいさん)

production; manufacture

増加 (ぞうか)

increase; increment; addition

望む (のぞむ)

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)