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日本料理の用語はほかの言語に訳すのが難しい。

Sentence Analyzer

日本 料理 用語 ほか 言語 訳す 難しい

English Translation

Japanese food terms are difficult to render into other languages.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)料理(りょうり)用語(ようご)はほかの言語(げんご)(やく)すのが(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Nippon ryōri no yōgo wa hoka no gengo ni yakusu no ga muzukashii.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
料理 (りょうり)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management
()
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
用語 (ようご)
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(ほか)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to); besides...; in addition to...
言語 (げんご、ごんご、げんきょ)
language
()
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
訳す (やくす)
to translate; to interpret
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ヤク、 わけ
Meanings: translate, reason, circumstance, case
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect