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その工場は古い機械類を廃棄することにした。

Sentence Analyzer

その 工場 古い 機械類 廃棄する こと した

English Translation

The factory decided to do away with the old machinery.

Furigana

その工場(こうじょう)(ふる)機械類(きかいるい)廃棄(はいき)することにした。

Romanji

Sono kōjō wa furui kikairui o haikisuru koto ni shita.

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...
工場 (こうじょう、こうば)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
古い (ふるい)
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
機械類 (きかいるい)
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
()
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.
廃棄 (はいき)
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition; annulment; cancellation; abrogation; repeal
(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
()
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
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

Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ
Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
Meaning: old
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Readings: ルイ、 たぐ.い
Meanings: sort, kind, variety, class, genus
Readings: ハイ、 すた.れる、 すた.る
Meanings: abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon
Readings: キ、 す.てる
Meanings: abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice