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Zach

それらの作品には優劣をつけがたい。

Sentence Analyzer

それら 作品 優劣 つけ がたい

English Translation

I can't tell which work is better than the other.

Furigana

それらの作品(さくひん)には優劣(ゆうれつ)をつけがたい。

Romanji

Sorera no sakuhin ni wa yūretsu o tsuke gatai.

Words

其れ等 (それら)
those (near the second person)
()
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
作品 (さくひん)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
優劣 (ゆうれつ)
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
()
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.
点ける (つける)
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
難い (にくい、がたい)
difficult to ...; hard to ...

Kanji

Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 やさ.しい、 すぐ.れる、 まさ.る
Meanings: tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
Readings: レツ、 おと.る
Meanings: inferiority, be inferior to, be worse