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テレビと新聞は互いの機能を補完しあっている。

Sentence Analyzer

テレビ 新聞 互い 機能 補完しあっている

English Translation

Television and newspapers play complementary roles.

Furigana

テレビと新聞(しんぶん)(たが)いの機能(きのう)補完(ほかん)しあっている。

Romanji

Terebi to shinbun wa tagai no kinō o hokanshiatteiru.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
新聞 (しんぶん)
newspaper
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
互い (たがい)
mutual; reciprocal
()
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
機能 (きのう)
function; facility; faculty; feature
()
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.
補完 (ほかん)
complementation; supplementation; completion

Kanji

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings: ゴ、 たが.い、 かたみ.に
Meanings: mutually, reciprocally, together
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity
Readings: ホ、 おぎな.う
Meanings: supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
Reading: カン
Meanings: perfect, completion, end