このスープはほんのわずか塩がたりない。

Sentence Analyzer

この スープ は ほんの わずか 塩 が たりない 。

English Translation

This soup needs just a touch of salt.

Furigana

このスープはほんのわずか塩(しお)がたりない。

Romanji

Kono su-pu wa honno wazuka shio ga tarinai.

Words

此の (この)

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

スープ (スープ)

(Western) soup

は (は)

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

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

僅か (わずか)

only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

塩 (しお、えん)

salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt; salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); hardship; toil; trouble; saltiness

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

足りる (たりる)

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do

Kanji

塩

Readings: エン、 しお

Meaning: salt