陸地は地球の表面の約３０パーセントをおおっています。

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English Translation

Land covers about 30 percent of the surface of the earth.

Furigana

陸地(りくち)は地球(ちきゅう)の表面(ひょうめん)の約(やく)３０パーセントをおおっています。

Romanji

Rikuchi wa chikyū no hyōmen no yaku san zero pa-sento o ootteimasu.

Words

陸地 (りくち)

land

は (は)

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

地球 (ちきゅう)

the earth; the globe

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

表面 (ひょうめん)

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

約 (やく)

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

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

○ (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

パーセント (パーセント)

percent; percentage

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.

覆う (おおう)

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise