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Zach

このカメラは小さいが、大変優れている。

Sentence Analyzer

この カメラ 小さい 大変 優れている

English Translation

This camera is small, but very good.

Furigana

このカメラは(ちい)さいが、大変(たいへん)(すぐ)れている。

Romanji

Kono kamera wa chiisai ga, taihen sugureteiru.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
カメラ (カメラ、キャメラ)
camera
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
小さい (ちいさい)
small; little; tiny
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
大変 (たいへん)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster
優れる (すぐれる)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 やさ.しい、 すぐ.れる、 まさ.る
Meanings: tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness