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美しいということは、無視することがほとんど不可能な推薦状のようなものである。

Sentence Analyzer

美しい という こと 無視する こと ほとんど 不可能な 推薦状 ような もの ある

English Translation

Beauty is a letter of recommendation which it is almost impossible to ignore.

Furigana

(うつく)しいということは、無視(むし)することがほとんど不可能(ふかのう)推薦状(すいせんじょう)のようなものである。

Romanji

Utsukushii toiu koto wa, mushisuru koto ga hotondo fukanōna suisenjō no yōna mono de aru.

Words

美しい (うつくしい)
beautiful; lovely
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
無視 (むし)
disregarding; ignoring
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
殆ど (ほとんど)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
不可能 (ふかのう)
impossible
推薦状 (すいせんじょう)
letter of invitation; letter of recommendation; reference
()
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
様だ (ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Readings: シ、 み.る
Meanings: inspection, regard as, see, look at
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: カ、 コク、 -べ.き、 -べ.し
Meanings: can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not
Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity
Readings: スイ、 お.す
Meanings: conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for)
Readings: セン、 すす.める
Meanings: recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer
Reading: ジョウ
Meanings: status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance