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遅かれ早かれ、新しいテレビを買わなければならないでしょう、今の私たちのテレビはとても古い型ですから。

Sentence Analyzer

遅かれ 早かれ 新しい テレビ 買わなければならない でしょう 私たち テレビ とても 古い です から

English Translation

Sooner or later, we'll have to buy a new TV as ours is a very old model.

Furigana

(おそ)かれ(はや)かれ、(あたら)しいテレビを()わなければならないでしょう、(いま)(わたし)たちのテレビはとても(ふる)(かた)ですから。

Romanji

Osokare hayakare, atarashii terebi o kawanakerebanaranai deshō, ima no watashitachi no terebi wa totemo furui kata desu kara.

Words

遅い (おそい)
slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid
早い (はやい)
fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick
新しい (あたらしい)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
テレビ (テレビ)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
()
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.
買う (かう)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
デス (デス)
death
(いま)
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
()
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
私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
迚も (とても、とっても)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
古い (ふるい)
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
(かた、がた)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; pattern; mold (mould); template; model; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.); form (i.e. customary procedure); size (i.e. clothing, shoes); (taxonomical) form
です (です)
be; is
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

Kanji

Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い
Meanings: slow, late, back, later
Readings: ソウ、 サッ、 はや.い、 はや、 はや-、 はや.まる、 はや.める、 さ-
Meanings: early, fast
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
Meaning: old
Readings: ケイ、 かた、 -がた
Meanings: mould, type, model