これらの食べ物は、さまざまな民族の集団を連想させる。

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English Translation

These foods are associated with ethnic groups.

Furigana

これらの食(た)べ物(もの)は、さまざまな民族(みんぞく)の集団(しゅうだん)を連想(れんそう)させる。

Romanji

Korera no tabemono wa, samazamana minzoku no shūdan o rensōsaseru.

Words

これ等 (これら)

these

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

食べ物 (たべもの)

food

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

様々 (さまざま)

varied; various

民族 (みんぞく)

people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

集団 (しゅうだん)

group; mass

を (を)

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.

連想 (れんそう)

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion