その動物は肉を常食としている。

Sentence Analyzer

その 動物 は 肉 を 常食 と している 。

English Translation

That animal feeds on flesh.

Furigana

その動物(どうぶつ)は肉(にく)を常食(じょうしょく)としている。

Romanji

Sono dōbutsu wa niku o jōshoku to shiteiru.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

肉 (にく、しし)

flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad

を (を)

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.

常食 (じょうしょく)

daily food; regular diet; staple food

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

肉

Readings: ニク、 しし

Meaning: meat

常

Readings: ジョウ、 つね、 とこ-

Meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, regular

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food