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モーテルはホテルと似てるがずっと小さく、自動車で旅する人々に使用される。

Sentence Analyzer

モーテル ほてる 似てる ずっと 小さく 自動車 旅する 人々 使用される

English Translation

A motel is like a hotel only much smaller and is used mostly by people traveling by automobile.

Furigana

モーテルはホテルと()てるがずっと(ちい)さく、自動車(じどうしゃ)(たび)する人々(ひとびと)使用(しよう)される。

Romanji

Mo-teru wa hoteru to niteru ga zutto chiisaku, jidōsha de tabisuru hitobito ni shiyōsareru.

Words

モーテル (モーテル、モテル)
motel; drive-in love hotel
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ホテル (ホテル)
hotel
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
似る (にる)
to resemble; to look like; to take after; to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight
小さい (ちいさい)
small; little; tiny
自動車 (じどうしゃ)
automobile
(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.
(たび)
travel; trip; journey
人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)
each person; people; men and women; everybody
()
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
使用 (しよう)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 に.る、 ひ.る
Meanings: becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: リョ、 たび
Meanings: trip, travel
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ