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0.3のシャー芯って何であんなに高いのですか?

Sentence Analyzer

0 . 3 しゃー って 何で あんなに 高い です

English Translation

Why are '0.3' pencil leads so expensive?

Furigana

0.3のシャー(しん)って(なん)であんなに(たか)いのですか?

Romanji

0 . 3 no Sha- shin tte nande annani takai no desu ka?

Words

(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
(さん、み)
three; tri-
()
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
ジャー (ジャー)
vacuum bottle; thermos; jar
(しん)
wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith; core; heart; centre; center
って (って、て)
casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.
何で (なんで)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
あんなに (あんなに)
to that extent; to that degree
高い (たかい)
high; tall; expensive
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Reading: シン
Meaning: wick
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive