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表面的な理由がいくつかある。

Sentence Analyzer

表面的 理由 いくつ ある

English Translation

There are a number of superficial reasons.

Furigana

表面的(ひょうめんてき)理由(りゆう)がいくつかある。

Romanji

Hyōmenteki na riyū ga ikutsu ka aru.

Words

表面的 (ひょうめんてき)
on the surface
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
理由 (りゆう、わけ)
reason; pretext; motive
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
幾つ (いくつ)
how many?; how old?
()
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
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

Readings: ヒョウ、 おもて、 -おもて、 あらわ.す、 あらわ.れる、 あら.わす
Meanings: surface, table, chart, diagram
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 ユイ、 よし、 よ.る
Meanings: wherefore, a reason