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日本の男性はまだサッカーより野球のほうが好きだ。

Sentence Analyzer

日本 男性 まだ サッカー より 野球 ほう 好き

English Translation

Japanese men still like baseball better than soccer.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)男性(だんせい)はまだサッカーより野球(やきゅう)のほうが()きだ。

Romanji

Nippon no dansei wa mada sakka- yori yakyū no hō ga suki da.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
()
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
男性 (だんせい)
man; male; masculine gender
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
未だ (まだ、いまだ)
as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with
サッカー (サッカー)
soccer; seersucker
より (より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
野球 (やきゅう)
baseball
切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
好き (すき)
liking; fondness; love
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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
Readings: ダン、 ナン、 おとこ、 お
Meaning: male
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 さが
Meanings: sex, gender, nature
Readings: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-
Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Readings: キュウ、 たま
Meanings: ball, sphere
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something