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水道水で年1回、井戸水なら年2回の水質検査をお勧めします。

Sentence Analyzer

水道水 1 井戸水 なら 2 水質 検査 勧め します

English Translation

We recommend that mains water have a water-quality test carried out once a year, well water twice a year.

Furigana

水道水(すいどうすい)(とし)1(かい)井戸水(いどみず)なら(とし)2(かい)水質(すいしつ)検査(けんさ)をお(すす)めします。

Romanji

Suidōsui de toshi 1 kai, idomizu nara toshi 2 kai no suishitsu kensa o o susume shimasu.

Words

水道水 (すいどうすい)
tap-water
(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.
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(かい)
counter for occurrences; counter for games, rounds, etc.; counter for innings (baseball); Islam; Hui (people)
井戸水 (いどみず)
well water
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(アル)
two
()
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
水質 (すいしつ)
water quality
検査 (けんさ)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
()
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.
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
勧める (すすめる)
to recommend; to advise; to encourage; to offer (wine)
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: カイ、 エ、 まわ.る、 -まわ.る、 -まわ.り、 まわ.す、 -まわ.す、 まわ.し-、 -まわ.し、 もとお.る、 か.える
Meanings: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い
Meanings: well, well crib, town, community
Readings: コ、 と
Meanings: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ
Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament
Readings: ケン、 しら.べる
Meanings: examination, investigate
Reading: 
Meaning: investigate
Readings: カン、 ケン、 すす.める
Meanings: persuade, recommend, advise, encourage, offer