この箱は何かの役にたつ。
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English Translation
This box will do for something.
Furigana
この箱 は何 かの役 にたつ。
Romanji
Kono hako wa nani ka no yaku ni tatsu.
Words
此の
(この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
箱
(はこ、ハコ)
box; case; chest; package; pack; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building; man who carries a geisha's shamisen; receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
何
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
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
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
役
(やく)
use; service; role; post; position; scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand
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
起つ
(たつ)
to rise up; to initiate (political) action