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あの工場では古い食用油で石鹸をつくっている。

Sentence Analyzer

あの 工場 古い 食用油 石鹸 つくっている

English Translation

They make used cooking oil into soap at that factory.

Furigana

あの工場(こうじょう)では(ふる)食用油(しょくようゆ)石鹸(せっけん)をつくっている。

Romanji

Ano kōjō de wa furui shokuyōyu de sekken o tsukutteiru.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
工場 (こうじょう、こうば)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
(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
古い (ふるい)
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
食用油 (しょくようあぶら)
cooking oil
石鹸 (せっけん)
soap
()
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.
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ
Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
Meaning: old
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 あぶら
Meanings: oil, fat
Readings: セキ、 シャク、 コク、 いし
Meaning: stone
Readings: ケン、 カン、 セン、 あ.く
Meaning: saltiness