ペニシリンの発見は誰のおかげですか。

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ペニシリン の 発見 は 誰 の おかげ です か 。

English Translation

To whom do we owe the discovery of penicillin?

Furigana

ペニシリンの発見(はっけん)は誰(だれ)のおかげですか。

Romanji

Penishirin no hakken wa dare no okage desu ka.

Words

ペニシリン (ペニシリン)

penicillin

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

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

は (は)

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

お蔭 (おかげ)

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing; assistance; help; aid; effects; influence

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

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

発

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

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody