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Zach

この機械は小さいモーターで動いている。

Sentence Analyzer

この 機械 は 小さい モーター で 動いている 。

English Translation

This machine is driven by a small motor.

Furigana

この機械(きかい)は小(ちい)さいモーターで動(うご)いている。

Romanji

Kono kikai wa chiisai mo-ta- de ugoiteiru.

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
は (は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
小さい (ちいさい)
small; little; tiny
モーター (モーター、モータ)
motor
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.
動く (うごく)
to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing; to operate; to run; to go; to work; to be touched; to be influenced; to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver; certain; factual; to be transferred

Kanji

機
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
械
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
小
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
動
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake