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彼の初期の詩は少年時代の体験や記憶をおびただしく利用している。

Sentence Analyzer

初期 少年 時代 体験 記憶 おびただしく 利用している

English Translation

His early poetry draws heavily on his experience and memories of childhood.

Furigana

(かれ)初期(しょき)()少年(しょうねん)時代(じだい)体験(たいけん)記憶(きおく)をおびただしく利用(りよう)している。

Romanji

Kare no shoki no shi wa shōnen jidai no taiken ya kioku o obitadashiku riyōshiteiru.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
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
初期 (しょき)
early (days); initial stage; initial
()
poem; verse of poetry
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
時代 (じだい)
period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece
体験 (たいけん)
personal experience; physical experience; one's own experience
()
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
記憶 (きおく)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
()
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.
夥しい (おびただしい)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
利用 (りよう)
use; utilization; utilisation; application

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ショ、 はじ.め、 はじ.めて、 はつ、 はつ-、 うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め
Meanings: first time, beginning
Readings: キ、 ゴ
Meanings: period, time, date, term
Readings: シ、 うた
Meanings: poem, poetry
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
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: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Readings: ケン、 ゲン、 あかし、 しるし、 ため.す、 ためし
Meanings: verification, effect, testing
Readings: キ、 しる.す
Meanings: scribe, account, narrative
Reading: オク
Meanings: recollection, think, remember
Readings: リ、 き.く
Meanings: profit, advantage, benefit
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ