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大草原には木が生えない。

Sentence Analyzer

草原 生えない

English Translation

Trees do not grow on prairies.

Furigana

(だい)草原(そうげん)には()()えない。

Romanji

Dai sōgen ni wa ki ga haenai.

Words

(おお)
big; large
草原 (そうげん、くさはら、くさわら)
grass-covered plain; grasslands; meadows; savannah; prairie; steppe
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
生える (はえる)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ソウ、 くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ
Meanings: grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: ボク、 モク、 き、 こ-
Meanings: tree, wood
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