光の速度は毎秒約１８万６千マイルである。

Sentence Analyzer

光の速度は毎秒約１８万６千まいるである。

English Translation

The light travels at about 186,000 miles a second.

Furigana

光(ひかり)の速度(そくど)は毎秒(まいびょう)約(やく)１８万(まん)６千(せん)マイルである。

Romanji

Hikari no sokudo wa maibyō yaku ichi hachi man roku sen mairu de aru.

Words

光 (ひかり)

light

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

速度 (そくど)

speed; velocity; rate

は (は)

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

毎秒 (まいびょう)

every second

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

八 (はち、や)

eight