車は欠陥がないか最低３ヵ月に１回検査される。

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English Translation

The vehicles are inspected for defects at least every three months.

Furigana

車(くるま)は欠陥(けっかん)がないか最低(さいてい)３ヵ月(かげつ)に１回(かい)検査(けんさ)される。

Romanji

Kuruma wa kekkan ga nai ka saitei san kagetsu ni ichi kai kensasareru.

Words

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

欠陥 (けっかん)

defect; fault; deficiency; deformity; shortage; gap

が (が)

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 (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

最低 (さいてい)

least; lowest; worst; nasty; disgusting; horrible; yuck!

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

カ月 (かげつ)

(number of) months

に (に)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

回 (かい)

counter for occurrences; counter for games, rounds, etc.; counter for innings (baseball); Islam; Hui (people)

検査 (けんさ)

inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)