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それらの小作農は、米を作る土地をとても必要としている。

Sentence Analyzer

それら 小作農 作る 土地 とても 必要 している

English Translation

Those peasants badly need land to grow rice.

Furigana

それらの小作農(こさくのう)は、(こめ)(つく)土地(とち)をとても必要(ひつよう)としている。

Romanji

Sorera no kosakunō wa, kome o tsukuru tochi o totemo hitsuyō to shiteiru.

Words

其れ等 (それら)
those (near the second person)
()
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
小作農 (こさくのう)
tenant farming
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)
(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old
()
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.
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
土地 (とち、どおじ、どじ、どち)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
迚も (とても、とっても)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Reading: ノウ
Meanings: agriculture, farmers
Readings: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね
Meanings: rice, USA, metre
Readings: ド、 ト、 つち
Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
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