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セールスマンはひき肉機の使い方を操作して説明した。

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セールスマン ひき肉機 使い方 操作して 説明した

English Translation

The salesman demonstrated how to use the mincer.

Furigana

セールスマンはひき肉機(きにく)使(つか)(かた)操作(そうさ)して説明(せつめい)した。

Romanji

Se-rusuman wa hikinikuki no tsukaikata o sōsashite setsumeishita.

Words

セールスマン (セールスマン)
salesman
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
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
使い方 (つかいかた)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
()
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.
操作 (そうさ)
operation; management; processing; manipulating to one's benefit; to operate; to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books)
説明 (せつめい)
explanation; exposition

Kanji

Readings: ニク、 しし
Meaning: meat
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: ソウ、 サン、 みさお、 あやつ.る
Meanings: maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く
Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light