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このわらのマット(日本語で畳)は、もはや手で作られない。

Sentence Analyzer

この わら まっと 日本語 もはや 作られない

English Translation

These straw mats, called "tatami" in Japanese, are no longer made by hand.

Furigana

このわらのマット(日本語(にほんご)(たたみ))は、もはや()(つく)られない。

Romanji

Kono wara no matto nihongo de tatami wa, mohaya te de tsukurarenai.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(わら)
straw
()
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
マット (マット)
mat; matte (metallurgical); matte; matt; mat (finish, etc.)
日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)
Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
(たたみ)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
最早 (もはや)
already; now; no longer; not any more
()
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, 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.)

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 たた.む、 たたみ、 かさ.なる
Meanings: tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build