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植物は価値が低いものほど、その成長が速く盛んである。

Sentence Analyzer

植物 価値 低い もの ほど その 成長 速く 盛ん ある

English Translation

The more worthless the plant, the more rapid and splendid is its growth.

Furigana

植物(しょくぶつ)価値(かち)(ひく)いものほど、その成長(せいちょう)(はや)(さか)んである。

Romanji

Shokubutsu wa kachi ga hikui mono hodo, sono seichō ga hayaku sakan de aru.

Words

植物 (しょくぶつ)
plant; vegetation
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
価値 (かち)
value; worth; merit
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
低い (ひくい)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)
(もの、もん)
person
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
成長 (せいちょう)
growth; grow to adulthood
早い (はやい)
fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick
盛ん (さかん)
popular; prosperous; enthusiastic; energetic; vigorous
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: ショク、 う.える、 う.わる
Meaning: plant
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price
Readings: チ、 ね、 あたい
Meanings: price, cost, value
Readings: テイ、 ひく.い、 ひく.める、 ひく.まる
Meanings: lower, short, humble
Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す
Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: ソク、 はや.い、 はや-、 はや.める、 すみ.やか
Meanings: quick, fast
Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 も.る、 さか.る、 さか.ん
Meanings: boom, prosper, copulate