水は地球の表面の大部分を占めている。

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水は地球の表面の大部分を占めている。

English Translation

Water makes up most of the earth's surface.

Furigana

水(みず)は地球(ちきゅう)の表面(ひょうめん)の大(だい)部分(ぶぶん)を占(し)めている。

Romanji

Mizu wa chikyū no hyōmen no dai bubun o shimeteiru.

Words

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

は (は)

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

地球 (ちきゅう)

the earth; the globe

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

表面 (ひょうめん)

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

大 (おお)

big; large

部分 (ぶぶん)

portion; section; part

を (を)

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.

占める (しめる)

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up