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そこのブロッコリーは高価であるか品質が悪いかのどちらかだ。

Sentence Analyzer

そこ ブロッコリー 高価 ある 品質 悪い どちら

English Translation

The broccoli is either costly or of poor quality.

Furigana

そこのブロッコリーは高価(こうか)であるか品質(ひんしつ)(わる)いかのどちらかだ。

Romanji

Soko no burokkori- wa kōka de aru ka hinshitsu ga warui ka no dochira ka da.

Words

其処 (そこ)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you
()
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
ブロコリ (ブロコリ、ブロッコリー、ブロッコリ)
broccoli
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
高価 (こうか)
high price
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
品質 (ひんしつ)
(material) quality
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
悪い (わるい)
bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry
何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)
which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ
Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament
Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong