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衣食住が生活の基本です。

Sentence Analyzer

衣食住 生活 基本 です

English Translation

Food, clothing and shelter are the basis of life.

Furigana

衣食住(いしょくじゅう)生活(せいかつ)基本(きほん)です。

Romanji

Ishokujū ga seikatsu no kihon desu.

Words

衣食住 (いしょくじゅう)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
生活 (せいかつ)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
()
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
基本 (きほん)
foundation; basis; standard
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: イ、 エ、 ころも、 きぬ、 -ぎ
Meanings: garment, clothes, dressing
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける
Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings: キ、 もと、 もとい
Meanings: fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things