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料理人が多すぎるとスープができそこなう。

Sentence Analyzer

料理人 多すぎる スープ でき そこなう

English Translation

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Furigana

料理人(りょうりじん)(おお)すぎるとスープができそこなう。

Romanji

Ryōrijin ga ōsugiru to su-pu ga deki sokonau.

Words

料理人 (りょうりにん)
cook; chef
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
多い (おおい)
many; numerous
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
スープ (スープ)
(Western) soup
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
損なう (そこなう)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to fail in doing

Kanji

Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much