ジャガイモはいつ日本に伝えられたのですか。
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English Translation
When were potatoes introduced into Japan?
Furigana
ジャガイモはいつ日本 に伝 えられたのですか。
Romanji
Jagaimo wa i tsu Nippon ni tsutaerareta no desu ka.
Words
じゃが芋
(じゃがいも、ジャガいも、ジャガイモ、ばれいしょ)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
要る
(いる)
to need; to want
つ
(つ)
indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
日本
(にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
に
(に)
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
伝える
(つたえる)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
の
(の)
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
です
(です)
be; is
か
(か)
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
Kanji
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: デン、 テン、 つた.わる、 つた.える、 つた.う、 つだ.う、 -づた.い、 つて
Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition