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機械は仕事から創造的な興味を奪う。

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機械 仕事 から 創造的 興味 奪う

English Translation

Machinery robs work of creative interest.

Furigana

機械(きかい)仕事(しごと)から創造的(そうぞうてき)興味(きょうみ)(うば)う。

Romanji

Kikai wa shigoto kara sōzōteki na kyōmi o ubau.

Words

機械 (きかい)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
仕事 (しごと)
work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
創造的 (そうぞうてき)
creative
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
興味 (きょうみ)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
奪う (うばう)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

Kanji

Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 つく.る、 はじ.める、 きず、 けず.しける
Meanings: genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
Readings: ゾウ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: create, make, structure, physique
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: コウ、 キョウ、 おこ.る、 おこ.す
Meanings: entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste
Readings: ダツ、 うば.う
Meanings: rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp