テレビの存在を当然のことと思っている。

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テレビ の 存在 を 当然 の こと と 思っている 。

English Translation

We take it for granted that television exists.

Furigana

テレビの存在(そんざい)を当然(とうぜん)のことと思(おも)っている。

Romanji

Terebi no sonzai o tōzen no koto to omotteiru.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

の (の)

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

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being

を (を)

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.

当然 (とうぜん)

natural; as a matter of course; justified; deserved; reasonable

事 (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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

Kanji

存

Readings: ソン、 ゾン、 ながら.える、 あ.る、 たも.つ、 と.う

Meanings: exist, suppose, be aware of, believe, feel

在

Readings: ザイ、 あ.る

Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

然

Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ

Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

思

Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す

Meaning: think