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育ち盛りの子供にはもっと多くの食物が必要だ。

Sentence Analyzer

育ち盛り 子供 もっと 多く 食物 必要

English Translation

A growing child requires more food.

Furigana

(そだ)(ざか)りの子供(こども)にはもっと(おお)くの食物(しょくもつ)必要(ひつよう)だ。

Romanji

Sodachizakari no kodomo ni wa motto ōku no shokumotsu ga hitsuyō da.

Words

育ち盛り (そだちざかり)
growth period (in children)
()
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
子供 (こども)
child; children
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
もっと (もっと)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
多く (おおく)
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
食物 (しょくもつ)
food; foodstuff
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: イク、 そだ.つ、 そだ.ち、 そだ.てる、 はぐく.む
Meanings: bring up, grow up, raise, rear
Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 も.る、 さか.る、 さか.ん
Meanings: boom, prosper, copulate
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: キョウ、 ク、 クウ、 グ、 そな.える、 とも、 -ども
Meanings: submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to