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今日のお弁当もだけど、五木さんと田中さんの作るメニューは緑黄色野菜が少ないんじゃない?

Sentence Analyzer

今日 弁当 けど 五木 さん 田中 さん 作る メニュー 緑黄色 野菜 少ない じゃない

English Translation

About today's packed-lunch, the menus prepared by Itsuki and Tanaka are low in beta-carotene-rich vegetables again aren't they?

Furigana

今日(きょう)のお弁当(べんとう)もだけど、五木(いつき)さんと田中(たなか)さんの(つく)るメニューは緑黄色(りょくおうしょく)野菜(やさい)(すく)ないんじゃない?

Romanji

Kyō no o bentō mo da kedo, Itsuki san to Tanaka san no tsukuru menyu- wa ryokuōshoku yasai ga sukunai n janai?

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
()
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
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
弁当 (べんとう)
bento; Japanese box lunch
()
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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
メニュー (メニュー、ムニュ)
menu; schedule; program; programme; (computer) menu
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
緑黄色 (りょくおうしょく)
greenish yellow
野菜 (やさい)
vegetable
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
少ない (すくない)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)
then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

Kanji

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う
Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: ゴ、 いつ、 いつ.つ
Meaning: five
Readings: ボク、 モク、 き、 こ-
Meanings: tree, wood
Readings: デン、 た
Meanings: rice field, rice paddy
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: リョク、 ロク、 みどり
Meaning: green
Readings: コウ、 オウ、 き、 こ-
Meaning: yellow
Readings: ショク、 シキ、 いろ
Meaning: color
Readings: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-
Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Readings: サイ、 な
Meanings: vegetable, side dish, greens
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little