うちの大学はあまりにも大量の電力を消費している。
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English Translation
Our college uses far too much electricity.
Furigana
うちの大学 はあまりにも大量 の電力 を消費 している。
Romanji
Uchi no daigaku wa amarini mo tairyō no denryoku o shōhishiteiru.
Words
家
(うち、ち)
house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household
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
大学
(だいがく)
post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
余りに
(あまりに)
too much; excessively; too
も
(も)
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
大量
(たいりょう)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
電力
(でんりょく)
electric power
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.
消費
(しょうひ)
consumption; expenditure
Kanji
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: リョウ、 はか.る
Meanings: quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す
Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Readings: ヒ、 つい.やす、 つい.える
Meanings: expense, cost, spend, consume, waste