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来る途中、お店に寄って食材を買って来たんです。備えあれば憂いなし、です。

Sentence Analyzer

来る 途中 寄って 食材 買って来た です 備え あれば 憂い なし です

English Translation

On the way we dropped in at the shops and bought foodstuffs. They say well prepared means no worries.

Furigana

(きた)途中(とちゅう)、お(みせ)()って食材(しょくざい)()って()たんです。(そな)えあれば(うれ)いなし、です。

Romanji

Kitaru tochū, o mise ni yotte shokuzai o kattekita n desu. sonae areba urei nashi, desu.

Words

来る (きたる)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
途中 (とちゅう)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(みせ)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
寄る (よる)
to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to; to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit; to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.); to grow (wrinkly); to lean against; to recline on; to push one's opponent while holding their belt; to decide on a price and come to a deal; to be swayed by (a person); to yield to
食材 (しょくざい)
ingredient; foodstuff
()
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.
買う (かう)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
です (です)
be; is
備え (そなえ)
preparation; provision; guarding
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
憂い (うれい)
sorrow; grief; anguish; distress; trouble; affliction; anxiety; fear; misgivings
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become
Readings: ト、 みち
Meanings: route, way, road
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Readings: キ、 よ.る、 -よ.り、 よ.せる
Meanings: draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Reading: ザイ
Meanings: lumber, log, timber, wood, materials, ingredients, talent
Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy
Readings: ビ、 そな.える、 そな.わる、 つぶさ.に
Meanings: equip, provision, preparation
Readings: ユウ、 うれ.える、 うれ.い、 う.い、 う.き
Meanings: melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy