地元の店は観光客相手に順調な商売をしている。

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English Translation

Local shops do good business with tourists.

Furigana

地元(じもと)の店(みせ)は観光(かんこう)客(きゃく)相手(あいて)に順調(じゅんちょう)な商売(しょうばい)をしている。

Romanji

Jimoto no mise wa kankō kyaku aite ni junchōna shōbai o shiteiru.

Words

地元 (じもと)

home area; home town; local

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

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

は (は)

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

観光 (かんこう)

sightseeing

客 (きゃく、かく)

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

相手 (あいて)

companion; partner; company; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

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

順調 (じゅんちょう)

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

商売 (しょうばい)

trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to