周囲のすべての建物の上にそびえ立つオフィスビルが突然出現することほど町の外見を変えてしまうことはない。

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周囲のすべての建物の上にそびえ立つオフィスびるが突然出現することほど町の外見を変えてしまうことはない。

English Translation

Nothing can change the look of a city so dramatically as the sudden appearance of a block of offices which towers above all the surrounding buildings.

Furigana

周囲(しゅうい)のすべての建物(たてもの)の上(うえ)にそびえ立(た)つオフィスビルが突然(とつぜん)出現(しゅつげん)することほど町(まち)の外見(がいけん)を変(か)えてしまうことはない。

Romanji

Shūi no subete no tatemono no ueni sobietatsu ofyisu biru ga totsuzen shutsugensuru koto hodo machi no gaiken o kaeteshimau koto wa nai.

Words

周囲 (しゅうい)

surroundings; environs; circumference

の (の)

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

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

建物 (たてもの)

building

そびえ立つ (そびえたつ)

to stand towering over the surrounds

オフィス (オフィス)

office

ビル (ビル)

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

突然 (とつぜん)

abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

出現 (しゅつげん)

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

町 (まち、ちょう)

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

外見 (がいけん、そとみ)

outward appearance

を (を)

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.

変える (かえる)

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix