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セールスマンはその機械の使用方法を実演してみせた。

Sentence Analyzer

セールスマン その 機械 使用 方法 実演してみせた

English Translation

The salesman demonstrated how to use the machine.

Furigana

セールスマンはその機械(きかい)使用(しよう)方法(ほうほう)実演(じつえん)してみせた。

Romanji

Se-rusuman wa sono kikai no shiyō hōhō o jitsuenshitemiseta.

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
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...
機械 (きかい)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
()
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
使用 (しよう)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
方法 (ほうほう)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
()
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.
実演 (じつえん)
stage show; performance

Kanji

Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
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: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Reading: エン
Meanings: performance, act, play, render, stage