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私たちが少なくとも一年に一回は集まるようにしている。

Sentence Analyzer

私たち 少なくとも 集まる よう している

English Translation

We all try to get together at least once a year.

Furigana

(わたし)たちが(すく)なくとも(いち)(ねん)(いち)(かい)(あつ)まるようにしている。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga sukunakutomo ichi nen ni ichi kai wa atsumaru yō ni shiteiru.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
少なくとも (すくなくとも)
at least
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
()
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
(かい)
counter for occurrences; counter for games, rounds, etc.; counter for innings (baseball); Islam; Hui (people)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
集まる (あつまる)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: カイ、 エ、 まわ.る、 -まわ.る、 -まわ.り、 まわ.す、 -まわ.す、 まわ.し-、 -まわ.し、 もとお.る、 か.える
Meanings: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
Readings: シュウ、 あつ.まる、 あつ.める、 つど.う
Meanings: gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock