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問題は、この必要な隔たりを埋めるのが知覚であるという点にある。

Sentence Analyzer

問題 この 必要な 隔たり 埋める 知覚 ある という ある

English Translation

The problem lies in the fact that the necessary gap is bridged by perception.

Furigana

問題(もんだい)は、この必要(ひつよう)(へだ)たりを()めるのが知覚(ちかく)であるという(てん)にある。

Romanji

Mondai wa, kono hitsuyōna hedatari o umeru no ga chikaku de aru toiu ten ni aru.

Words

問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
隔たり (へだたり)
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
()
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.
埋める (うめる)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out; to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; to compensate for; to put cold water (in a bath); to cover; to scatter something over
()
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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
知覚 (ちかく)
perception
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(てん)
spot; mark; point; dot; mark (e.g. in exam); score; points; comma; aspect; matter; respect; counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
()
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
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: カク、 へだ.てる、 へだ.たる
Meanings: isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf
Readings: マイ、 う.める、 う.まる、 う.もれる、 うず.める、 うず.まる、 い.ける
Meanings: bury, be filled up, embedded
Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom
Readings: カク、 おぼ.える、 さ.ます、 さ.める、 さと.る
Meanings: memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up
Readings: テン、 つ.ける、 つ.く、 た.てる、 さ.す、 とぼ.す、 とも.す、 ぼち
Meanings: spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point