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蓄音機はエジソンの頭脳から生まれた。

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蓄音機 エジソン 頭脳 から 生まれた

English Translation

The gramophone was born of Edison's brain.

Furigana

蓄音機(ちくおんき)はエジソンの頭脳(ずのう)から()まれた。

Romanji

Chikuonki wa ejison no zunō kara umareta.

Words

蓄音機 (ちくおんき)
gramophone
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
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
頭脳 (ずのう)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
生まれる (うまれる)
to be born

Kanji

Readings: チク、 たくわ.える
Meanings: amass, raise, hoard, store
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: トウ、 ズ、 ト、 あたま、 かしら、 -がしら、 かぶり
Meanings: head, counter for large animals
Readings: ノウ、 ドウ、 のうずる
Meanings: brain, memory
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth