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地元の店と価格競争をしなければなりません。

Sentence Analyzer

地元 価格 競争 しなければなりません

English Translation

We must compete with the local stores in price.

Furigana

地元(じもと)(みせ)価格(かかく)競争(きょうそう)をしなければなりません。

Romanji

Jimoto no mise to kakaku kyōsō o shinakerebanarimasen.

Words

地元 (じもと)
home area; home town; local
()
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
(みせ)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
価格 (かかく)
price; value; cost
競争 (きょうそう)
competition; contest; to compete
()
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: ゲン、 ガン、 もと
Meanings: beginning, former time, origin
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price
Readings: カク、 コウ、 キャク、 ゴウ
Meanings: status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)
Readings: キョウ、 ケイ、 きそ.う、 せ.る、 くら.べる
Meanings: emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
Readings: ソウ、 あらそ.う、 いか.でか
Meanings: contend, dispute, argue