この詩は散文のように読める。

Sentence Analyzer

この 詩 は 散文 の ように 読める 。

English Translation

This poem reads like a piece of prose.

Furigana

この詩(し)は散文(さんぶん)のように読(よ)める。

Romanji

Kono shi wa sanbun no yōni yomeru.

Words

此の (この)

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

詩 (し)

poem; verse of poetry

は (は)

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

散文 (さんぶん)

prose

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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

Kanji

詩

Readings: シ、 うた

Meanings: poem, poetry

散

Readings: サン、 ち.る、 ち.らす、 -ち.らす、 ち.らかす、 ち.らかる、 ち.らばる、 ばら、 ばら.ける

Meanings: scatter, disperse, spend, squander

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

読

Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み

Meaning: read