日本在某些领域赶上了美国。

Japan has caught up with America in some fields.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 日本 Rìběn Japan
2 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 某些 mǒuxiē some; certain (things)
4 领域 lǐngyù domain; sphere; field; territory; area
5 赶上 gǎnshàng
  1. to keep up with
  2. to catch up with
  3. to overtake
  4. to chance upon
  5. in time for
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
7 美国 Měiguó United States; USA; US