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こんな料理を食べるくらいならドッグフードを食べた方がましだ。

Sentence Analyzer

こんな 料理 食べる くらい なら ドッグフード 食べた まし

English Translation

We might as well eat dog food as eat such a dish.

Furigana

こんな料理(りょうり)()べるくらいならドッグフードを()べた(ほう)がましだ。

Romanji

Konna ryōri o taberu kurai nara doggufu-do o tabeta hō ga mashi da.

Words

こんな (こんな)
such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this
料理 (りょうり)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management
()
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.
食べる (たべる)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
くらい (くらい、ぐらい)
approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ドッグフード (ドッグフード、ドッグ・フード)
dog food
(かた)
direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
増し (まし、マシ)
better; less objectionable; preferable; more; increase; extra; increase; growth

Kanji

Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative