地球表面の４分の３は水でおおわれている。

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English Translation

Three-fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water.

Furigana

地球(ちきゅう)表面(ひょうめん)の４分(ぶん)の３は水(みず)でおおわれている。

Romanji

Chikyū hyōmen no yon bunno san wa mizu de oowareteiru.

Words

地球 (ちきゅう)

the earth; the globe

表面 (ひょうめん)

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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

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.

覆う (おおう)

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise