効率的な機械が肉体労働に取って代わった。

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効率的 な 機械 が 肉体 労働 に 取って 代わった 。

English Translation

Efficient machinery replaced manual labor.

Furigana

効率的(こうりつてき)な機械(きかい)が肉体(にくたい)労働(ろうどう)に取(と)って代(か)わった。

Romanji

Kōritsuteki na kikai ga nikutai rōdō ni totte kawatta.

Words

効率的 (こうりつてき)

efficient

だ (だ)

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

機械 (きかい)

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

が (が)

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

肉体 (にくたい)

the body; the flesh

労働 (ろうどう)

manual labor; manual labour; toil; work; Labour Party

に (に)

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

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

Kanji

効

Readings: コウ、 き.く、 ききめ、 なら.う

Meanings: merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit

率

Readings: ソツ、 リツ、 シュツ、 ひき.いる

Meanings: ratio, rate, proportion, %, coefficient, factor

的

Readings: テキ、 まと

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

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

械

Readings: カイ、 かせ

Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument

肉

Readings: ニク、 しし

Meaning: meat

体

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

労

Readings: ロウ、 ろう.する、 いたわ.る、 いた.ずき、 ねぎら、 つか.れる、 ねぎら.う

Meanings: labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble

働

Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く

Meanings: work, (kokuji)

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee