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Zach

印刷術はいつ発明されましたか。

Sentence Analyzer

印刷術 発明されました

English Translation

When was printing invented?

Furigana

印刷術(いんさつじゅつ)はいつ発明(はつめい)されましたか。

Romanji

Insatsujutsu wa i tsu hatsumeisaremashita ka.

Words

印刷術 (いんさつじゅつ)
printing art
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topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
要る (いる)
to need; to want
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indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
発明 (はつめい)
invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear
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indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: イン、 しるし、 -じるし、 しる.す
Meanings: stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India
Readings: サツ、 す.る、 -ず.り、 -ずり、 は.く
Meanings: printing, print, brush
Readings: ジュツ、 すべ
Meanings: art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light