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日本で一番人気のあるスポーツは何だと思いますか。

Sentence Analyzer

日本 一番 人気 ある スポーツ 思います

English Translation

What do you think is the most popular sport in Japan?

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)一番(いちばん)人気(にんき)のあるスポーツは(なに)だと(おも)いますか。

Romanji

Nippon de ichiban ninki no aru supo-tsu wa nani da to omoimasu ka.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
一番 (いちばん)
number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece
人気 (にんき)
popularity; popular feeling; business conditions
()
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
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
スポーツ (スポーツ)
sport; sports
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
()
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

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: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: バン、 つが.い
Meanings: turn, number in a series
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think