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Zach

この部屋の隅に鑑賞植物を置きたい。

Sentence Analyzer

この 部屋 鑑賞 植物 置きたい

English Translation

In this corner of the room I'd like to put a house-plant.

Furigana

この部屋(へや)(すみ)鑑賞(かんしょう)植物(しょくぶつ)()きたい。

Romanji

Kono heya no sumi ni kanshō shokubutsu o okitai.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
部屋 (へや)
room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable
()
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
(すみ、すま)
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
()
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
鑑賞 (かんしょう)
appreciation (e.g. of art); aesthetic sense
植物 (しょくぶつ)
plant; vegetation
()
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.
置く (おく)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

Kanji

Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Readings: オク、 や
Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Readings: グウ、 すみ
Meanings: corner, nook
Readings: カン、 かんが.みる、 かがみ
Meanings: specimen, take warning from, learn from
Readings: ショウ、 ほ.める
Meanings: prize, reward, praise
Readings: ショク、 う.える、 う.わる
Meaning: plant
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: チ、 お.く、 -お.き
Meanings: placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn