普通のアメリカ人の子供は、どう見てもテレビのとりこなのである。

Sentence Analyzer

普通のあめりか人の子供は、どう見てもテレビのとりこなのである。

English Translation

An average American child, by all accounts, falls in love with TV.

Furigana

普通(ふつう)のアメリカ人(じん)の子供(こども)は、どう見(み)てもテレビのとりこなのである。

Romanji

Futsū no Amerikajin no kodomo wa, dō mite mo terebi no toriko na no de aru.

Words

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

の (の)

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

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American person

子供 (こども)

child; children

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

取り粉 (とりこ)

rice powder

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...