天気予報とは雨が降るかどうかを予測するものである。

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English Translation

The weather forecast predicts whether it will rain or not.

Furigana

天気(てんき)予報(よほう)とは雨(あめ)が降(ふ)るかどうかを予測(よそく)するものである。

Romanji

Tenki yohō to wa ame ga furu ka dō ka o yosokusuru mono de aru.

Words

天気 (てんき)

weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather

予報 (よほう)

forecast; prediction

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

降る (ふる)

to precipitate; to fall (e.g. rain)

か (か)

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

を (を)

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.

予測 (よそく)

prediction; estimation

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...