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Zach

この単語の意味はどういう意味ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

この 単語 意味 どういう 意味 です

English Translation

What does this word mean?

Furigana

この単語(たんご)意味(いみ)はどういう意味(いみ)ですか。

Romanji

Kono tango no imi wa dōiu imi desu ka.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
単語 (たんご)
word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word
()
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
意味 (いみ)
meaning; significance
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
如何いう (どういう)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: タン、 ひとえ
Meanings: simple, one, single, merely
Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste