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このテレビ、チカチカしてどうも映りがよくないな。

Sentence Analyzer

この テレビ ちかちか して どうも 映り よくない

English Translation

The picture on this TV is no good. It keeps flickering.

Furigana

このテレビ、チカチカしてどうも(うつ)りがよくないな。

Romanji

Kono terebi, chikachika shite dōmo utsuri ga yokunai na.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
テレビ (テレビ)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
チカチカ (チカチカ、ちかちか)
flickering; flashing on and off; twinkling; glittering; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
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
どうも (どうも)
thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret); quite; really; mostly; somehow; in spite of oneself; no matter how hard one may try (one is unable to) (with negative verb); no matter how hard one may try not to (one ends up doing) (with positive verb, esp. -shimau); greetings; hello; goodbye
写り (うつり)
projection; reflection; image; reception (e.g. TV); picture quality; match; harmony
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
良い (よい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Readings: エイ、 うつ.る、 うつ.す、 は.える、 -ば.え
Meanings: reflect, reflection, projection