高級車は地位の象徴である。
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English Translation
An expensive car is a status symbol.
Furigana
Romanji
Kōkyūsha wa chii no shōchō de aru.
Words
高級車
(こうきゅうしゃ)
luxury car
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
地位
(ちい)
(social) position; status
の
(の)
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
象徴
(しょうちょう)
symbol
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
或
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
Kanji
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive
Reading: キュウ
Meanings: class, rank, grade
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: イ、 くらい、 ぐらい
Meanings: rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
Readings: ショウ、 ゾウ、 かたど.る
Meanings: elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
Readings: チョウ、 チ、 しるし
Meanings: indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question