日本からの輸入製品がアメリカの消費者市場に浸透するには長い時間がかかった。

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English Translation

It took a long time for Japanese imports to penetrate the American consumer markets.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)からの輸入(ゆにゅう)製品(せいひん)がアメリカの消費者(しょうひしゃ)市場(しじょう)に浸透(しんとう)するには長(なが)い時間(じかん)がかかった。

Romanji

Nippon kara no yunyū seihin ga Amerika no shōhisha shijō ni shintōsuru ni wa nagai jikan ga kakatta.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

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

輸入 (ゆにゅう、しゅにゅう)

importation; import; introduction; afferent

製品 (せいひん)

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

消費者 (しょうひしゃ)

consumer

市場 (しじょう)

(the) market (as a concept)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

浸透 (しんとう)

permeation; penetration; soaking; osmosis

は (は)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on