このミーティングの目的は、１月の商品企画会議に先立ち、新製品のプランを考えることです。

Sentence Analyzer

このミーティングの目的は、１月の商品企画会議に先立ち、新製品のぷらんを考えることです。

English Translation

The purpose of the meeting is to make a plan for a new product prior to the Product Development Meeting in January.

Furigana

このミーティングの目的(もくてき)は、１月(いちがつ)の商品(しょうひん)企画(きかく)会議(かいぎ)に先立(さきだ)ち、新(しん)製品(せいひん)のプランを考(かんが)えることです。

Romanji

Kono mi-thingu no mokuteki wa, ichigatsu no shōhin kikaku kaigi ni sakidachi, shin seihin no puran o kangaeru koto desu.

Words

此の (この)

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

ミーティング (ミーティング)

meeting

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

目的 (もくてき)

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

は (は)

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

一月 (いちがつ)

January

商品 (しょうひん)

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

企画 (きかく)

planning; project; plan; design

会議 (かいぎ)

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

先立つ (さきだつ)

to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to take precedence; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite

新 (しん)

new; neo-; Gregorian calendar; Xin (dynasty of China)

製品 (せいひん)

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

プラン (プラン)

plan

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

です (です)

be; is