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この機械は小さな電気モーターで作動する。

Sentence Analyzer

この 機械 小さな 電気 モーター 作動する

English Translation

This machine is driven by a small electric motor.

Furigana

この機械(きかい)(ちい)さな電気(でんき)モーターで作動(さどう)する。

Romanji

Kono kikai wa chiisana denki mo-ta- de sadōsuru.

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
小さな (ちいさな)
small; little; tiny
電気 (でんき)
electricity; (electric) light
モーター (モーター、モータ)
motor
(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.
作動 (さどう)
operation; functioning; running

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: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake