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いい車ではないが、車であることに変わりはない。

Sentence Analyzer

いい ない ある こと 変わり ない

English Translation

It's not a good car, but it's a car.

Furigana

いい(くるま)ではないが、(くるま)であることに()わりはない。

Romanji

Ii kuruma de wa nai ga, kuruma de aru koto ni kawari wa nai.

Words

いい (いい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
(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
()
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
変わる (かわる)
to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange