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The affluence of the United States is often contrasted with the poverty of undeveloped countries.
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Vocabulary list

beikoku
noun
  1. (United States of) America; USA; US
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
yutaka
na adjective
  1. abundant; wealthy; plentiful; rich; affluent
suffix, na adjective
  1. very; extremely; full of; great
sa
suffix
  1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
  1. indicates assertion (sentence end, mainly masc.)
interjection
  1. come; come now
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hattentojou
no adjective
  1. developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
hatten
noun, suru verb
  1. development; growth; expansion; extension; flourishing
  2. development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; progression; unfolding
  3. playing around; having an active sex life (recently often associated with gay sex)
tojoukoku
noun
  1. developing country
tojou
noun, adverb
  1. on the way; en route
noun
  1. in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
kuni
noun
  1. country; state
  2. region
  3. national government; central government
  4. home (i.e. hometown, home country)
  5. province (of Japan)
  6. land; earth
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
mazushii

Nominalized Objective Form

mazushisa
i adjective
  1. poor; needy
  2. lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
hikakutaishou
noun, suru verb
  1. comparison and contrast
hikaku
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. comparison
taishou
noun, suru verb
  1. contrast; antithesis; comparison
suru

Passive Plain Present Indicative Form

sareru
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)

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