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彼の後を継ぐだけの能力のある人物を見つけるのは容易ではないだろう。

Sentence Analyzer

継ぐ だけ 能力 ある 人物 見つける 容易 ない だろう

English Translation

It won't be easy to find someone capable of taking his place.

Furigana

(かれ)(のち)()ぐだけの能力(のうりょく)のある人物(じんぶつ)()つけるのは容易(ようい)ではないだろう。

Romanji

Kare no nochi o tsugu dake no nōryoku no aru jinbutsu o mitsukeru no wa yōi de wa nai darou.

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
(あと)
behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left
()
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.
継ぐ (つぐ)
to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
能力 (のうりょく)
ability; faculty
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
人物 (じんぶつ)
person; character; figure; personage; man; woman; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
見つける (みつける、みっける)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot; to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
容易 (ようい)
easy; simple; plain
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ゴ、 コウ、 のち、 うし.ろ、 うしろ、 あと、 おく.れる
Meanings: behind, back, later
Readings: ケイ、 つ.ぐ、 まま-
Meanings: inherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)
Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: ヨウ、 い.れる
Meanings: contain, form, looks
Readings: エキ、 イ、 やさ.しい、 やす.い
Meanings: easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination