地表の約４分の３は水で成り立っている。

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地表の約４分の３は水で成り立っている。

English Translation

About three fourths of the earth's surface consists of water.

Furigana

地表(ちひょう)の約(やく)４分(ぶん)の３は水(みず)で成(な)り立(た)っている。

Romanji

Chihyō no yaku yon bunno san wa mizu de naritatteiru.

Words

地表 (ちひょう)

surface of the earth; ground surface

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

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

分の (ぶんの)

-th (e.g. one fifth)

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

は (は)

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

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

成り立つ (なりたつ)

to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of; to be practical (logical, feasible, viable); to be concluded; to hold true