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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

この機械は誰によって発明されましたか。

Sentence Analyzer

この 機械 によって 発明されました

English Translation

Who was this machine invented by?

Furigana

この機械(きかい)(だれ)によって発明(はつめい)されましたか。

Romanji

Kono kikai wa dare niyotte hatsumeisaremashita ka.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
機械 (きかい)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
に因って (によって)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
発明 (はつめい)
invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear
()
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

Kanji

Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light