この生地は洋服をつくるのには向かない。

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この生地は洋服をつくるのには向かない。

English Translation

This material is not suitable for a dress.

Furigana

この生地(きじ)は洋服(ようふく)をつくるのには向(む)かない。

Romanji

Kono kiji wa yōfuku o tsukuru no ni wa mukanai.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

生地 (きじ)

cloth; fabric; material; texture; one's true character; unglazed pottery; uncooked dough; batter

は (は)

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

洋服 (ようふく)

Western-style clothes (cf traditional Japanese clothes)

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.

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

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

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

向く (むく)

to face; to turn toward; to be suited to; to be fit for