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「そろそろ、人物写真でもやってみたらどうだ?」「え?スナップ・・・ですか?それは・・・」

Sentence Analyzer

そろそろ 人物 写真 でも やってみたら どう スナップ・・・ です それ

English Translation

"Isn't it about time you tried photographing people or something?" "Eh? Snapshots? I don't know ..."

Furigana

「そろそろ、人物(じんぶつ)写真(しゃしん)でもやってみたらどうだ?」「え?スナップ・・・ですか?それは・・・」

Romanji

" sorosoro, jinbutsu shashin demo yattemitara dō da?"" e? sunappu desu ka? sore wa"

Words

そろそろ (そろそろ、そろっと)
slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly; soon; momentarily; before long; any time now
人物 (じんぶつ)
person; character; figure; personage; man; woman; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
写真 (しゃしん)
photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie
でも (でも)
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do
遣る (やる)
to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
eh?; what?; oh?; yes; that's correct; strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; used when calling out to someone
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
其れ (それ)
that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: シャ、 ジャ、 うつ.す、 うつ.る、 うつ-、 うつ.し
Meanings: copy, be photographed, describe
Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと
Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect