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Zach

牛肉と小羊の肉のうちどちらがお好みですか。

Sentence Analyzer

牛肉 うち どちら 好み です

English Translation

Have you got any preference between beef and lamb?

Furigana

牛肉(ぎゅうにく)(しょう)(ひつじ)(にく)のうちどちらがお(この)みですか。

Romanji

Gyūniku to shō hitsuji no niku no uchi dochira ga o konomi desu ka.

Words

牛肉 (ぎゅうにく)
beef
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
(しょう)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
(ひつじ、ヒツジ)
sheep (Ovis aries)
()
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
(にく、しし)
flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad
(うち、ち)
house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household
何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)
which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
好み (このみ)
liking; taste; choice
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: ギュウ、 うし
Meaning: cow
Readings: ニク、 しし
Meaning: meat
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: ヨウ、 ひつじ
Meaning: sheep
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something