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Zach

あのサッカーボールは本物の皮でできている。

Sentence Analyzer

あの サッカー ぼーる 本物 できている

English Translation

That football is made of genuine leather.

Furigana

あのサッカーボールは本物(ほんもの)(かわ)でできている。

Romanji

Ano sakka- bo-ru wa honmono no kawa de dekiteiru.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
サッカー (サッカー)
soccer; seersucker
ホール (ホール)
hall (dance, concert, etc.); hole; whole; dining area of a restaurant
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
本物 (ほんもの)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
()
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
(かわ)
skin; hide; pelt; fur; rind; peel; husk; bark; shell; sheath; wrapping; mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming
(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.
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ヒ、 かわ
Meanings: pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)