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彼女は長年の間に包丁をする減らした。

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彼女 長年 包丁 する 減らした

English Translation

She ground down a kitchen knife in the course of many years.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)長年(ながねん)()包丁(ほうちょう)をする()らした。

Romanji

Kanojo wa naganen no ma ni hōchō o suru herashita.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
長年 (ながねん、えいねん)
long time; many years
()
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
()
space; room; time; pause
()
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
包丁 (ほうちょう)
kitchen knife; carving knife; cooking; food
()
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
減らす (へらす)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ホウ、 つつ.む、 くる.む
Meanings: wrap, pack up, cover, conceal
Readings: チョウ、 テイ、 チン、 トウ、 チ、 ひのと
Meanings: street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす
Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry