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おいしそうに見える食べ物が必ずしもおいしいとは限らない。

Sentence Analyzer

おいしそう 見える 食べ物 必ずしも おいしい 限らない

English Translation

Delicious looking food doesn't necessarily taste good.

Furigana

おいしそうに()える()(もの)(かなら)ずしもおいしいとは(かぎ)らない。

Romanji

Oishisō ni mieru tabemono ga kanarazushimo oishii to wa kagiranai.

Words

()
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
見える (まみえる)
to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
食べ物 (たべもの)
food
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
必ずしも (かならずしも)
not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely
美味しい (おいしい、オイシイ)
delicious; tasty; sweet
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
限る (かぎる)
to restrict; to limit; to confine; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to

Kanji

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ゲン、 かぎ.る、 かぎ.り、 -かぎ.り
Meanings: limit, restrict, to best of ability