🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

輸入

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yūnyū

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Import/ˈɪm.pɔːrt/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2100 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"日本は多くの食料品を輸入しています。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale.

    "The country relies heavily on food imports."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'importare', meaning 'to bring in or introduce', formed from 'in-' (into) + 'portare' (to carry). First recorded in the late 15th century as a verb meaning to bring goods into a country from abroad, it later evolved into a noun signifying the commodities themselves.

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