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Zach

必要のない語はどれでも線を引いて消さねばならない。

Sentence Analyzer

必要 ない どれ でも 引いて 消さねばならない

English Translation

You should cross out any word you don't need.

Furigana

必要(ひつよう)のない(かたり)はどれでも(せん)()いて()さねばならない。

Romanji

Hitsuyō no nai katari wa dore demo sen o hiite kesanebanaranai.

Words

必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
()
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
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
()
language; word
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
何れ (どれ)
which (of three or more); whichever; any; well; now; let me see
でも (でも)
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do
(せん)
line; stripe; stria; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane; outline; contours; form; level; division; line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle; impression one leaves; air one gives off
()
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.
引く (ひく)
to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)
消す (けす)
to erase; to delete; to cross out; to turn off power; to extinguish; to put out; to bump off

Kanji

Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language
Readings: セン、 すじ
Meanings: line, track
Readings: イン、 ひ.く、 ひ.き、 ひ.き-、 -び.き、 ひ.ける
Meanings: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す
Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel