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Car manufacturing is carried out by computer-programmed robots in place of human workers.
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Vocabulary list

jidousha
noun
  1. car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
seizou
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. manufacture; production
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
ningen
noun
  1. human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
  2. character (of a person)
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
roudousha
noun
  1. employee; worker
  2. laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
roudou
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. manual labor; manual labour; toil; work
  2. Labour Party
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
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
kawaru

te-form

kawatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to succeed; to relieve; to replace (esp. 替わる, 替る)
  2. to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone) (esp. 代わる, 代る)
  3. to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch (esp. 換わる, 換る)
konpyuutaa
noun
  1. computer
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
kumikomu

Passive Plain Past Indicative Form

kumikomareta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
robotto
noun, no adjective
  1. robot
noun
  1. (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
niyotte
expression
  1. according to; by (means of); due to; because of
niyoru

te-form

niyotte
expression, godan verb
  1. by means of; due to; because of; according to
okonau

Passive Plain te-form

okonawarete
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
okonawareru

te-form

okonawarete
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be done; to be practiced; to be practised; to take place; to be held; to be prevalent; to be in fashion; to be in vogue; to be current; to come into use
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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