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旅行代理店の人は、旅行者用小切手を持っていってはどうかと提案した。

Sentence Analyzer

旅行 代理店 旅行者用 小切手 持っていって どう 提案した

English Translation

The travel agent suggested that we take some traveller's cheques with us.

Furigana

旅行(りょこう)代理店(だいりてん)(ひと)は、旅行者用(りょこうしゃよう)小切手(こぎって)()っていってはどうかと提案(ていあん)した。

Romanji

Ryokō dairiten no hito wa, ryokōshayō kogitte o motteitte wa dō ka to teianshita.

Words

旅行 (りょこう)
travel; trip
代理店 (だいりてん)
agent; agency
()
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
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
小切手 (こぎって)
cheque; check
()
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.
持つ (もつ)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
()
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
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
提案 (ていあん)
proposal; proposition; suggestion

Kanji

Readings: リョ、 たび
Meanings: trip, travel
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる
Meanings: hold, have
Readings: テイ、 チョウ、 ダイ、 さ.げる
Meanings: propose, take along, carry in hand
Readings: アン、 つくえ
Meanings: plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench