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この岩は、動物の形をしている。

Sentence Analyzer

この 動物 している

English Translation

This rock has the shape of an animal.

Furigana

この(いわ)は、動物(どうぶつ)(かたち)をしている。

Romanji

Kono iwa wa, dōbutsu no katachi o shiteiru.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(いわ)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
動物 (どうぶつ)
animal
()
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
(かたち、よう)
form; shape; figure; visage
()
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.
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: ガン、 いわ
Meanings: boulder, rock, cliff
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ケイ、 ギョウ、 かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり
Meanings: shape, form, style