この箱はテーブルの代用となる。

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この 箱 は テーブル の 代用 と なる 。

English Translation

This box will serve as a table.

Furigana

この箱(はこ)はテーブルの代用(だいよう)となる。

Romanji

Kono hako wa te-buru no daiyō to naru.

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

テーブル (テーブル)

table

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

代用 (だいよう)

substitution

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

箱

Readings: ソウ、 はこ

Meanings: box, chest, case, bin, railway car

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

用

Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる

Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ