お宅の庭は少し手入れが必要です。

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お 宅 の 庭 は 少し 手入れ が 必要 です 。

English Translation

Your garden needs some attention.

Furigana

お宅(たく)の庭(にわ)は少(すこ)し手入(てい)れが必要(ひつよう)です。

Romanji

O taku no niwa wa sukoshi teire ga hitsuyō desu.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

宅 (たく)

house; home; husband

の (の)

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

庭 (にわ)

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

手入れ (ていれ)

repairs; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming; crackdown; (police) raid

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

宅

Reading: タク

Meanings: home, house, residence, our house, my husband

庭

Readings: テイ、 にわ

Meanings: courtyard, garden, yard

少

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

入

Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る

Meanings: enter, insert

必

Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず

Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable

要

Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to