この競技はいくつかの点で現在のアメリカン・フットボールと似ています。

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English Translation

This game is similar in some ways to today's American football.

Furigana

この競技(きょうぎ)はいくつかの点(てん)で現在(げんざい)のアメリカン・フットボールと似(に)ています。

Romanji

Kono kyōgi wa ikutsu ka no ten de genzai no amerikan futtobo-ru to niteimasu.

Words

此の (この)

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

競技 (きょうぎ)

game; match; contest

は (は)

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

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

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

点 (てん)

spot; mark; point; dot; mark (e.g. in exam); score; points; comma; aspect; matter; respect; counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

現在 (げんざい)

now; current; present; present time; as of

アメリカン (アメリカン)

American; American coffee (weaker than regular Japanese coffee)

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

フットボール (フットボール)

football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)

と (と)

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

似る (にる)

to resemble; to look like; to take after; to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like