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必要なものと必要でないものを見分けることがきわめて重要である。

Sentence Analyzer

必要な もの 必要 でない もの 見分ける こと きわめて 重要 ある

English Translation

It is very important to tell the necessary from the unnecessary.

Furigana

必要(ひつよう)なものと必要(ひつよう)でないものを見分(みわ)けることがきわめて重要(じゅうよう)である。

Romanji

Hitsuyōna mono to hitsuyō denai mono o miwakeru koto ga kiwamete jūyō de aru.

Words

必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
(もの、もん)
person
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
見分ける (みわける)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually); to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
極めて (きわめて)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
重要 (じゅうよう)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

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
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも
Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold