これらの機械の動かし方を知っていますか。

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English Translation

Do you know how to run this machine?

Furigana

これらの機械(きかい)の動(うごかた)かし方()を知(し)っていますか。

Romanji

Korera no kikai no ugokashikata o shitteimasu ka.

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

機械 (きかい)

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

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

機

Readings: キ、はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

械

Readings: カイ、かせ

Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument

動

Readings: ドウ、うご.く、うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

方

Readings: ホウ、かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

知

Readings: チ、し.る、し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom