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日本はアメリカから米を輸入しだした。

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日本 アメリカ から 輸入しだした

English Translation

Japan began to import rice from the United States.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)はアメリカから(こめ)輸入(ゆにゅう)しだした。

Romanji

Nippon wa Amerika kara kome o yunyūshidashita.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
亜米利加 (アメリカ)
America; United States of America
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
(こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)
(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old
()
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

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね
Meanings: rice, USA, metre
Readings: ユ、 シュ
Meanings: transport, send, be inferior
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert