カメレオンは周りの色に合わせて体色を変えることができる。

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English Translation

The chameleon can take on the colors of its background.

Furigana

カメレオンは周(まわ)りの色(いろ)に合(あ)わせて体色(からだしょく)を変(か)えることができる。

Romanji

Kamereon wa mawari no iro ni awasete karadashoku o kaeru koto ga dekiru.

Words

カメレオン (カメレオン)

chameleon

は (は)

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

周り (まわり)

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

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

色 (いろ)

colour; color; complexion; appearance; look; love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover; kind; type; variety

に (に)

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

合わせる (あわせる)

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with; to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate); to place together; to connect; to overlap; to mix; to combine; to put blade to blade; to fight

体色 (たいしょく、タイショク)

body color

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.

変える (かえる)

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

周

Readings: シュウ、まわ.り

Meanings: circumference, circuit, lap

色

Readings: ショク、シキ、いろ

Meaning: color

合

Readings: ゴウ、ガッ、カッ、あ.う、 -あ.う、あ.い、あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、あ.わす、あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる

Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1

体

Readings: タイ、テイ、からだ、かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

変

Readings: ヘン、か.わる、か.わり、か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange