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Zach

一日一個の林檎で医者いらず。

Sentence Analyzer

林檎 医者 いらず

English Translation

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Furigana

(いち)(にち)(いち)()林檎(りんご)医者(いしゃ)いらず。

Romanji

Ichi nichi ichi ko no ringo de isha irazu.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(にち)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
(こ、コ)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
林檎 (りんご、へいか、ひょうか、りゅうごう、りんきん、りんき、リンゴ)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
医者 (いしゃ)
(medical) doctor; physician
要る (いる)
to need; to want

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: コ、 カ
Meanings: individual, counter for articles
Readings: リン、 はやし
Meanings: grove, forest
Readings: キン、 ゴン、 ゴ
Meaning: apple
Readings: イ、 い.やす、 い.する、 くすし
Meanings: doctor, medicine
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person