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民主主義は食料とかセメントのようには輸出できるものではない。

Sentence Analyzer

民主 主義 食料 とか セメント よう 輸出 できる もの ない

English Translation

Democracy is not exportable like food or cement.

Furigana

民主(みんしゅ)主義(しゅぎ)食料(しょくりょう)とかセメントのようには輸出(ゆしゅつ)できるものではない。

Romanji

Minshu shugi wa shokuryō toka semento no yō ni wa yushutsu dekiru mono de wa nai.

Words

民主 (みんしゅ)
democracy; popular sovereignty; democratic
主義 (しゅぎ)
doctrine; rule; principle
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
食料 (しょくりょう)
food
とか (とか)
among other things; such things as; or something like that
セメント (セメント)
cement
()
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
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
()
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
輸出 (ゆしゅつ、しゅしゅつ)
export; efferent
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: ミン、 たみ
Meanings: people, nation, subjects
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials
Readings: ユ、 シュ
Meanings: transport, send, be inferior
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude