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今日マイクは母親の車を洗う必要はない。

Sentence Analyzer

今日 マイク 母親 洗う 必要 ない

English Translation

Mike doesn't have to wash his mother's car today.

Furigana

今日(きょう)マイクは母親(ははおや)(くるま)(あら)必要(ひつよう)はない。

Romanji

Kyō maiku wa hahaoya no kuruma o arau hitsuyō wa nai.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
マイク (マイク)
mike; mic; microphone
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
母親 (ははおや)
mother
()
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
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
()
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.
洗う (あらう)
to wash; to investigate
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: シン、 おや、 おや-、 した.しい、 した.しむ
Meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: セン、 あら.う
Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to