この板状の固い岩石の層をプレートと呼ぶ。

Sentence Analyzer

この板状の固い岩石の層をぷれーとと呼ぶ。

English Translation

We call these slabs of the solid-rock layer 'plates'.

Furigana

この板状(いたじょう)の固(かた)い岩石(がんせき)の層(そう)をプレートと呼(よ)ぶ。

Romanji

Kono itajō no katai ganseki no sō o pure-to to yobu.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

板状 (ばんじょう)

board, plank or sheet shaped

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

硬い (かたい)

hard; solid; tough; stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing); strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe; steady; honest; steadfast; obstinate; stubborn; bookish; formal; stuffy

岩石 (がんせき)

rock

層 (そう)

layer; seam; bed; stream; class; sheaf; storey (of a building); story; floor

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.

プレート (プレート)

plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

呼ぶ (よぶ)

to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife