日本人は魚をたくさん食べますか。

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日本人 は 魚 を たくさん 食べます か 。

English Translation

Do Japanese eat a lot of fish?

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)は魚(さかな)をたくさん食(た)べますか。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa sakana o takusan tabemasu ka.

Words

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

は (は)

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

魚 (さかな、うお)

fish

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.

沢山 (たくさん)

a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much

食べる (たべる)

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

魚

Readings: ギョ、 うお、 さかな、 -ざかな

Meaning: fish

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food