海綿は水を吸収しますので水彩絵具をぼかしたりする時に便利です。

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English Translation

Sponge absorbs water so it is convenient for shading water-colours and such.

Furigana

海綿(かいめん)は水(みず)を吸収(きゅうしゅう)しますので水彩(すいさい)絵具(えのぐ)をぼかしたりする時(とき)に便利(べんり)です。

Romanji

Kaimen wa mizu o kyūshūshimasu node suisai enogu o bokashi tari suru tokini benri desu.

Words

海綿 (かいめん、うみわた)

sponge

は (は)

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

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

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.

吸収 (きゅうしゅう)

absorption; suction; attraction

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

水彩 (すいさい)

watercolor painting

絵の具 (えのぐ)

paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

ほかす (ほかす)

to throw away; to dispose

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

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

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

便利 (べんり)

convenient; handy; useful

です (です)

be; is