花粉よりも小さな黄砂をマスクでどれだけ防ぐことが出来るのか？花粉よりもずっと厄介者のように思います。

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花粉よりも小さな黄砂をますくでどれだけ防ぐことが出来るのか？花粉よりもずっと厄介者のように思います。

English Translation

Just how well can masks block the, even smaller than pollen, yellow sand dust? I think it much more of a nuisance than pollen.

Furigana

花粉(かふん)よりも小(ちい)さな黄砂(こうさ)をマスクでどれだけ防(ふせ)ぐことが出来(でき)るのか？花粉(かふん)よりもずっと厄介者(やっかいしゃ)のように思(おも)います。

Romanji

Kafun yori mo chiisana kōsa o masuku de dore dake fusegu koto ga dekiru no ka? kafun yori mo zutto yakkaisha no yōni omoimasu.

Words

花粉 (かふん)

pollen

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

も (も)

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

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

黄砂 (こうさ)

loess; yellow sand; bai; dust from the Yellow River region (in China)

を (を)

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.

マスク (マスク)

mask

で (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.

何れ (どれ)

which (of three or more); whichever; any; well; now; let me see

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

防ぐ (ふせぐ)

to defend (against); to protect; to prevent

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

の (の)

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

か (か)

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

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

厄介者 (やっかいもの)

dependent; parasite; hanger-on; burden

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember