日本は必要とするエネルギー資源のほとんどを輸入している。

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English Translation

Japan imports most of the energy resources it needs.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)は必要(ひつよう)とするエネルギー資源(しげん)のほとんどを輸入(ゆにゅう)している。

Romanji

Nippon wa hitsuyō to suru enerugi- shigen no hotondo o yunyūshiteiru.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

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

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

エネルギー (エネルギー)

energy; strength; power; stamina; get-up-and-go; food energy; calories

資源 (しげん)

resources

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

殆ど (ほとんど)

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

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.

輸入 (ゆにゅう、しゅにゅう)

importation; import; introduction; afferent