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例えば、カメレオンは皮膚の色を変え、回りの木や葉っぱにとけ込むことが出来る。

Sentence Analyzer

例えば カメレオン 皮膚 変え 回り 葉っぱ とけ込む こと 出来る

English Translation

For example, chameleons can change the color of their skin and blend with the trees and leaves around them.

Furigana

(たと)えば、カメレオンは皮膚(ひふ)(いろ)()え、(まわ)りの()()っぱにとけ()むことが出来(でき)る。

Romanji

Tatoeba, kamereon wa hifu no iro o kae, mawari no ki ya happa ni tokekomu koto ga dekiru.

Words

例えば (たとえば)
for example; e.g.
カメレオン (カメレオン)
chameleon
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
皮膚 (ひふ、ひフ)
skin
()
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
(いろ)
colour; color; complexion; appearance; look; love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover; kind; type; variety
()
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.
変える (かえる)
to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend
回り (まわり)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via; round; turn; size; 12-year period; 12-year age difference
()
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
()
such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question
葉っぱ (はっぱ、ハッパ)
leaf; marijuana; cannabis
()
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
溶け込む (とけこむ)
to melt into; to merge into; to fit in; to adapt; to blend
(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
()
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

Kanji

Readings: レイ、 たと.える
Meanings: example, custom, usage, precedent
Readings: ヒ、 かわ
Meanings: pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)
Readings: フ、 はだ
Meanings: skin, body, grain, texture, disposition
Readings: ショク、 シキ、 いろ
Meaning: color
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
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: ボク、 モク、 き、 こ-
Meanings: tree, wood
Readings: ヨウ、 は
Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める
Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
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