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カフェテリアは料理を自分で取るセルフサービスのレストランです。

Sentence Analyzer

カフェテリア 料理 自分 取る セルフサービス レストラン です

English Translation

A cafeteria is a self-service style restaurant.

Furigana

カフェテリアは料理(りょうり)自分(じぶん)()るセルフサービスのレストランです。

Romanji

Kafyeteria wa ryōri o jibun de toru serufusa-bisu no resutoran desu.

Words

カフェテリア (カフェテリア)
cafeteria
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
料理 (りょうり)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management
()
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.
自分 (じぶん)
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you
(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.
取る (とる)
to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
セルフサービス (セルフサービス)
self-service
()
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
レストラン (レストラン、レストラント)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up