日本の農業は高齢化に直面している

N3 日本 nippon Japan N3 農業 nougyou agriculture, farming N1 直面 chokumen confrontation N5 ている te iru be doing

N5 日 nichi, jitsu / hi, -bi, -ka day, sun, Japan N5 本 hon / moto book, present, main N2 農 nou agriculture, farmers, agriculture N4 業 gyou, gou / waza business, vocation, arts N5 高 kou / taka.i, taka, -daka, taka.maru, taka.meru tall, high, expensive N2 齢 rei / yowai, toshi age, âge, años N3 化 ka, ke / ba.keru, ba.kasu, fu.keru, ke.suru change, take the form of, influence N3 直 choku, jiki, jika / tada.chini, nao.su, -nao.su, nao.ru, nao.ki, su.gu straightaway, honesty, frankness N3 面 men, ben / omo, omote, tsura mask, face, features

N5 〜ている te iru Indicates ongoing action, continuous state, repeated habit, or resulting condition depending on context N4 〜し shi Indicates multiple reasons or qualities, connects clauses or adjectives, means besides that, and also N5 〜に ni Indicates destination, target, arrival point, specific time, or person receiving an action N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information