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Zach

近年では、電子コンピューターがますます重要になってきた。

Sentence Analyzer

近年 電子 コンピューター ますます 重要 なってきた

English Translation

In recent years electronic computers have become increasingly important.

Furigana

近年(きんねん)では、電子(でんし)コンピューターがますます重要(じゅうよう)になってきた。

Romanji

Kinnen de wa, denshi konpyu-ta- ga masumasu jūyō ni nattekita.

Words

近年 (きんねん)
recent years
(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.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
電子 (でんし)
electron; (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics
コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)
computer
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
益々 (ますます)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
重要 (じゅうよう)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
()
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
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも
Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to