この機械は時々故障します。

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この 機械 は 時々 故障します 。

English Translation

This machine sometimes breaks down.

Furigana

この機械(きかい)は時々(ときどき)故障(こしょう)します。

Romanji

Kono kikai wa tokidoki koshōshimasu.

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

時々 (ときどき)

sometimes; at times

故障 (こしょう)

breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

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

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

障

Readings: ショウ、 さわ.る

Meanings: hinder, hurt, harm