今やノート型コンピューターは弁当箱と同じくらいが一般的だ。

Sentence Analyzer

今やのーと型コンピューターは弁当箱と同じくらいが一般的だ。

English Translation

Now notebook computers are as common as lunch boxes.

Furigana

今(いま)やノート型(がた)コンピューターは弁当箱(べんとうばこ)と同(おな)じくらいが一般的(いっぱんてき)だ。

Romanji

Imaya no-togata konpyu-ta- wa bentōbako to onaji kurai ga ippanteki da.

Words

今や (いまや)

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

ノート型 (ノートがた)

note-type

コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)

computer

は (は)

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

弁当箱 (べんとうばこ)

lunch box

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)

same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

一般的 (いっぱんてき)

popular; typical; general

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

今

Readings: コン、キン、いま

Meaning: now

型

Readings: ケイ、かた、 -がた

Meanings: mould, type, model

弁

Readings: ベン、ヘン、かんむり、わきま.える、わ.ける、はなびら、あらそ.う

Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

当

Readings: トウ、あ.たる、あ.たり、あ.てる、あ.て、まさ.に、まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

箱

Readings: ソウ、はこ

Meanings: box, chest, case, bin, railway car

同

Readings: ドウ、おな.じ

Meanings: same, agree, equal

一

Readings: イチ、イツ、ひと-、ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

般

Reading: ハン

Meanings: carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind

的

Readings: テキ、まと

Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending