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北海道に行ったら、やっぱり海の幸を食べないと行った意味がないでしょう。

Sentence Analyzer

北海道 行ったら やっぱり 食べない 行った 意味 ない でしょう

English Translation

A trip to Hokkaido is not a trip to Hokkaido unless you try the seafood.

Furigana

北海道(ほっかいどう)()ったら、やっぱり(うみ)(こう)()べないと(おこな)った意味(いみ)がないでしょう。

Romanji

Hokkaidō ni ittara, yappari umi no kō o tabenai to okonatta imi ga nai deshō.

Words

北海道 (ほっかいどう)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
()
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
行く (いく、ゆく)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
矢っ張り (やっぱり)
too; also; likewise; either; still; as before; even so; either way; nonetheless; in any event; all the same; as expected
(うみ、み、わた、わだ)
sea; ocean; waters
()
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
(さち、こう、さき)
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
()
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.
食べる (たべる)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
行う (おこなう)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
意味 (いみ)
meaning; significance
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: ホク、 きた
Meaning: north
Readings: カイ、 うみ
Meanings: sea, ocean
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: コウ、 さいわ.い、 さち、 しあわ.せ
Meanings: happiness, blessing, fortune
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste