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ウォシュレット自体が日本以外の国ではほとんど普及していません。

Sentence Analyzer

ウォシュレット 自体 日本 以外 ほとんど 普及していません

English Translation

The bidet-toilet itself has not spread much outside of Japan.

Furigana

ウォシュレット自体(じたい)日本(にっぽん)以外(いがい)(くに)ではほとんど普及(ふきゅう)していません。

Romanji

Uxoshuretto jitai ga Nippon igai no kuni de wa hotondo fukyūshiteimasen.

Words

ウォシュレット (ウォシュレット、ウォッシュレット)
toilet seat with bidet functions
自体 (じたい)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally; by nature; from the start
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
以外 (いがい)
with the exception of; excepting
()
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
(くに)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
殆ど (ほとんど)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
普及 (ふきゅう)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
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: イ、 もっ.て
Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: フ、 あまね.く、 あまねし
Meanings: universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia
Readings: キュウ、 およ.ぶ、 およ.び、 および、 およ.ぼす
Meanings: reach out, exert, exercise, cause