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日本のビジネスマンは対等の場を要求しています。

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日本 ビジネスマン 対等 要求しています

English Translation

Japanese businessmen are calling for a level playing field.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)のビジネスマンは対等(たいとう)()要求(ようきゅう)しています。

Romanji

Nippon no bijinesuman wa taitō no ba o yōkyūshiteimasu.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
()
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
ビジネスマン (ビジネスマン)
businessman
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
対等 (たいとう)
equality (esp. of status, on equal terms); equivalence; equivalent; equal
()
place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); session (of the stock market); area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); round (i.e. east, south, etc.); field; field (gestalt psychology)
()
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.
要求 (ようきゅう)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Readings: トウ、 ひと.しい、 など、 -ら
Meanings: etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: キュウ、 グ、 もと.める
Meanings: request, want, wish for, require, demand