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冗談を言うほど賢いコンピューターがありえるだろうか。

Sentence Analyzer

冗談 言う ほど 賢い コンピューター ありえる だろう

English Translation

Can there be a computer intelligent enough to tell a joke?

Furigana

冗談(じょうだん)()うほど(かしこ)いコンピューターがありえるだろうか。

Romanji

Jōdan o iu hodo kashikoi konpyu-ta- ga arieru darou ka.

Words

冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)
jest; joke; funny story
()
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.
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
賢い (かしこい)
wise; clever; smart
コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)
computer
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
あり得る (ありうる、ありえる)
possible; likely; probable
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Reading: ジョウ
Meanings: superfluous, uselessness
Reading: ダン
Meanings: discuss, talk
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ケン、 かしこ.い
Meanings: intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness