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あそこの食べ物はうまいし値段も安いが、地の利が悪いのが難点だね。

Sentence Analyzer

あそこ 食べ物 うまい 値段 安い 地の利 悪い 難点

English Translation

That place's food is great, and their prices are good, but the fly in the ointment is their terrible location.

Furigana

あそこの()(もの)はうまいし値段(ねだん)(やす)いが、()()(わる)いのが難点(なんてん)だね。

Romanji

Asoko no tabemono wa umai shi nedan mo yasui ga, chinori ga warui no ga nanten da ne.

Words

彼処 (あそこ、あすこ、かしこ、あしこ、あこ)
there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; genitals; that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point
()
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
食べ物 (たべもの)
food
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
上手い (うまい)
skillful; skilful; clever; expert; wise; successful; delicious; appetizing; appetising; tasty; fortunate; splendid; promising
()
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
値段 (ねだん)
price; cost
()
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
安い (やすい)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
地の利 (ちのり)
locational advantage; advantageous position
悪い (わるい)
bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry
難点 (なんてん)
fault; weakness
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ね、ねえ)
indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

Kanji

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: チ、 ね、 あたい
Meanings: price, cost, value
Readings: ダン、 タン
Meanings: grade, steps, stairs
Readings: アン、 やす.い、 やす.まる、 やす、 やす.らか
Meanings: relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: リ、 き.く
Meanings: profit, advantage, benefit
Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
Readings: テン、 つ.ける、 つ.く、 た.てる、 さ.す、 とぼ.す、 とも.す、 ぼち
Meanings: spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point