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決定的な特徴は種の間で異なるということが新たにわかってきたことである。

Sentence Analyzer

決定的な 特徴 は種 異なる という こと 新た わかってきた こと ある

English Translation

One finding to emerge was that critical features differ between species.

Furigana

決定的(けっていてき)特徴(とくちょう)(しゅ)()(こと)なるということが(あら)たにわかってきたことである。

Romanji

Ketteitekina tokuchō hashu no ma de kotonaru toiu koto ga arata ni wakattekita koto de aru.

Words

決定的 (けっていてき)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
特徴 (とくちょう)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
播種 (はしゅ)
sowing; seeding; planting
()
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
()
space; room; time; pause
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
異なる (ことなる)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
新た (あらた)
new; fresh; novel
()
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
分かる (わかる)
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Readings: テイ、 ジョウ、 さだ.める、 さだ.まる、 さだ.か
Meanings: determine, fix, establish, decide
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Reading: トク
Meaning: special
Readings: チョウ、 チ、 しるし
Meanings: indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question
Readings: シュ、 たね、 -ぐさ
Meanings: species, kind, class, variety, seed
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: イ、 こと、 こと.なる、 け
Meanings: uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new