立彬の日本語
その国は貿易上の赤字の穴埋めに懸命である。
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The country is trying hard to make up for her trade deficit.
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その， そん， 其の
1. that, the
2. part (as in "part two")
3. um ..., er ..., uh ...
那个；部分（如“第二部分”）
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国， 邦， 國， くに
1. country, state
2. region
3. national government, central government
4. home (i.e. hometown, home country)
5. province (of Japan)
6. land, earth
国家；中央政府
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貿易， ぼうえき
1. (foreign) trade, (international) commerce, importing and exporting
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赤字， あかじ
1. (being in) the red, deficit
2. red letter, red writing
3. corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
赤字，亏损
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穴埋め， 穴うめ， あなうめ
1. filling (up) a hole
2. filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.), stopgap, filler (e.g. article)
3. making up (for a loss, damage, etc.), covering (a deficit), compensation
4. cloze deletion (test format)
填满(一个)洞；填补(空缺、职位等)，权宜之计，填充物(如文章)；填空题；弥补（损失、损害等），填补（赤字），补偿
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懸命， けんめい
1. eager, earnest, strenuous, fervent, assiduous, with utmost effort
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である
1. be, is
是、=です、=だ
は
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
指示句子的主题；表示与另一选项（无论是否明确提及）形成对比；表示强调
の
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
6. (at sentence-end, risi...
句尾起强调作用；助词，表示所有关系
に
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
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