このつぼの年代を決めるのはたいへん難しい。

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English Translation

It is very hard to date this vase.

Furigana

このつぼの年代(ねんだい)を決(き)めるのはたいへん難(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Kono tsu bo no nendai o kimeru no wa taihen muzukashii.

Words

此の (この)

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

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

ぼる (ぼる)

to ask a high price; to overcharge

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

年代 (ねんだい)

age; era; period; date

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.

決める (きめる)

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

は (は)

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

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

Kanji

年

Readings: ネン、とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

代

Readings: ダイ、タイ、か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

決

Readings: ケツ、き.める、 -ぎ.め、き.まる、さ.く

Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

難

Readings: ナン、かた.い、 -がた.い、むずか.しい、むづか.しい、むつか.しい、 -にく.い

Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect