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祖母が生きているうちに、電話もコンピューターも一般的なものとなった。

Sentence Analyzer

祖母 生きている うちに 電話 コンピューター 一般的 もの なった

English Translation

In my grandmother's lifetime, both telephones and computers have become commonplace.

Furigana

祖母(そぼ)()きているうちに、電話(でんわ)もコンピューターも一般的(いっぱんてき)なものとなった。

Romanji

Sobo ga ikiteiru uchini, denwa mo konpyu-ta- mo ippanteki na mono to natta.

Words

祖母 (そぼ、ばば、おおば、おば、うば)
grandmother
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
生きる (いきる)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
打ち荷 (うちに)
jettisoned cargo
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)
computer
一般的 (いっぱんてき)
popular; typical; general
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(もの、もん)
person
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: ancestor, pioneer, founder
Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
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
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Reading: ハン
Meanings: carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending