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Zach

道具としての実需がないから品揃えに深みがでない。

Sentence Analyzer

道具 として 実需 ない から 揃え 深み でない

English Translation

There's no demand for them as tools, so the product line-up is poor.

Furigana

道具(どうぐ)としての実需(じつじゅ)がないから(しな)(そろ)えに(ふか)みがでない。

Romanji

Dōgu toshite no jitsuju ga nai kara shina soroe ni fukami ga denai.

Words

道具 (どうぐ)
tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device; means
として (として)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
()
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
実需 (じつじゅ)
actual demand; user demand
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
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 ...
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
(しな)
article; item; thing; goods; stock; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
揃える (そろえる)
to collect; to gather; to get together; to complete (a collection); to arrange; to put in order; to prepare; to get ready; to make uniform; to make even; to match
()
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
深み (ふかみ)
depth; deep place
照る (てる)
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: グ、 そな.える、 つぶさ.に
Meanings: tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Reading: ジュ
Meanings: demand, request, need
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: セン、 そろ.える、 そろ.う、 そろ.い、 き.る
Meanings: be complete, uniform, all present
Readings: シン、 ふか.い、 -ぶか.い、 ふか.まる、 ふか.める、 み-
Meanings: deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen