泥は陶器を作るのに必要な材料です。

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泥は陶器を作るのに必要な材料です。

English Translation

Clay is the essential ingredient in making pottery.

Furigana

泥(どろ)は陶器(とうき)を作(つく)るのに必要(ひつよう)な材料(ざいりょう)です。

Romanji

Doro wa tōki o tsukuru no ni hitsuyōna zairyō desu.

Words

泥 (どろ)

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; mire; thief

は (は)

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

陶器 (とうき)

porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics; crockery

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.

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

の (の)

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

に (に)

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

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

材料 (ざいりょう)

ingredients; material

です (です)

be; is