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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

インターネットの断片的ニュースを読んでいるだけですが、まあ、だいたい想像がつきます。

Sentence Analyzer

インターネット 断片的 ニュース 読んでいる だけ です まあ だいたい 想像 つきます

English Translation

I'm only reading the scraps on news on the Internet, but, well, I get the general picture.

Furigana

インターネットの断片的(だんぺんてき)ニュースを()んでいるだけですが、まあ、だいたい想像(そうぞう)がつきます。

Romanji

Inta-netto no danpenteki nyu-su o yondeiru dake desu ga, mā, daitai sōzō ga tsukimasu.

Words

インターネット (インターネット、インタネット)
Internet
()
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
断片的 (だんぺんてき)
fragmentary
ニュース (ニュース、ニューズ)
news
()
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.
読む (よむ)
to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
まあ (まあ、ま)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat; well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so...; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!
大体 (だいたい)
outline; main point; gist; general; substantially; approximately; about; in the first place; to begin with; from the start
想像 (そうぞう)
imagination; guess
点く (つく)
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

Kanji

Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める
Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
Readings: ヘン、 かた-、 かた
Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み
Meaning: read
Readings: ソウ、 ソ、 おも.う
Meanings: concept, think, idea, thought
Reading: ゾウ
Meanings: statue, picture, image, figure, portrait