このバターは国産品だが、外国産とくらべて少しも劣らない。
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English Translation
This butter is domestic, but it is in no way inferior to foreign butter.
Furigana
このバターは国産品 だが、外国産 とくらべて少 しも劣 らない。
Romanji
Kono bata- wa kokusanhin da ga, gaikokusan to kurabete sukoshi mo otoranai.
Words
此の
(この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
バター
(バター)
butter
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
国産品
(こくさんひん)
domestic goods
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
外国産
(がいこくさん)
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
比べる
(くらべる)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
少し
(すこし)
small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance
も
(も)
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
劣る
(おとる)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
Kanji
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す
Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: レツ、 おと.る
Meanings: inferiority, be inferior to, be worse