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Japan is a service economy, in which services account for more than 50% of the GNP.
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Vocabulary list

nippon
noun
  1. Japan
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
saabisu
noun, suru verb
  1. service; help; assistance; care; concern
  2. discount; discounted item
  3. free service; freebie; gift
noun
  1. service; utility; amenity; resource
noun, suru verb
  1. (after-sales) service; servicing; (product) maintenance
noun
  1. service (e.g. in tennis); serve
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)
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
gojuu
numeric
  1. fifty; 50
ijou
noun, adverb
  1. not less than; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
  2. beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
no adjective, noun, adverb
  1. above-mentioned; aforementioned; foregoing
noun, adverb
  1. since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
expression
  1. that's all; that is the end; the end
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.
shimu

Potential Plain Present Indicative Form

shimeru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to occupy; to hold; to command; to account for
shimeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to occupy; to hold
  2. to account for; to make up; to take up
saabisu
noun, suru verb
  1. service; help; assistance; care; concern
  2. discount; discounted item
  3. free service; freebie; gift
noun
  1. service; utility; amenity; resource
noun, suru verb
  1. (after-sales) service; servicing; (product) maintenance
noun
  1. service (e.g. in tennis); serve
keizai
noun
  1. economy; economics
  2. finance; (one's) finances; financial circumstances
  3. being economical; economy; thrift
dearu
copula, godan verb (irregular)
  1. be; is
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
aru
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about

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