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The regions with the fewest natural resources rely on importation to increase their standard of living.
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Vocabulary list

tennenshigen
noun
  1. natural resources
tennen
noun, no adjective
  1. nature; spontaneity
  2. natural airhead
shigen
noun
  1. resources
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
mottomo
adverb
  1. most; extremely
toboshii
i adjective
  1. meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
chiiki
noun
  1. area; region
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
seikatsusuijun
noun
  1. standard of living
seikatsu
noun, suru verb
  1. living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
suijun
noun
  1. level; standard
  2. water level
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
ageru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to raise; to elevate
  2. to do up (one's hair)
  3. to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
  4. to land (a boat)
  5. to deep-fry
  6. to show someone (into a room)
  7. to give
  8. to send someone (away)
  9. to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll
  10. to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve
  11. to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice)
  12. to earn (something desirable)
  13. to praise
  14. to give (an example, etc.); to cite (usu. 挙げる)
  15. to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) (usu. 挙げる)
  16. to arrest
  17. to nominate
  18. to summon (for geishas, etc.)
  19. to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
  20. to bear (a child)
  21. to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) (usu. 挙げる)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. (of the tide) to come in
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
  1. to vomit
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to do for (the sake of someone else) (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to complete ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
  3. to humbly do ... (after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility)
tame
noun, adverb
  1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  2. sake; purpose; objective; aim
  3. consequence; result; effect
  4. affecting; regarding; concerning
yunyuu
noun, suru verb
  1. import; importation; introduction
noun or verb acting prenominally
  1. afferent
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
tayoru

te-form

tayotte
godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
  1. to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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