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好奇心がお旺盛なのは大変に結構なことである。

Sentence Analyzer

好奇心 旺盛な 大変 結構な こと ある

English Translation

A healthy curiosity is truly a fine thing.

Furigana

好奇心(こうきしん)がお旺盛(おうせい)なのは大変(たいへん)結構(けっこう)なことである。

Romanji

Kōkishin ga o ōseina no wa taihen ni kekkōna koto de aru.

Words

好奇心 (こうきしん)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
旺盛 (おうせい)
full of vim and vigor
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
大変 (たいへん)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster
()
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
結構 (けっこう)
splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); (by implication) no thank you; well enough; OK; tolerable; reasonably; fairly; tolerably; construction; architecture
(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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something
Readings: キ、 く.しき、 あや.しい、 くし、 めずら.しい
Meanings: strange, strangeness, curiosity
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: オウ、 キョウ、 ゴウ、 かがや.き、 うつくし.い、 さかん
Meanings: flourishing, successful, beautiful, vigorous
Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 も.る、 さか.る、 さか.ん
Meanings: boom, prosper, copulate
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる
Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Readings: コウ、 かま.える、 かま.う
Meanings: posture, build, pretend