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だいたい、この川原の辺りを一巡りするのが、基本的な朝のコースである。

Sentence Analyzer

だいたい この 川原 辺り 一巡り する 基本的 こーす ある

English Translation

Generally once round this river side area is the basic morning course.

Furigana

だいたい、この川原(かわら)(あた)りを一巡(ひとめぐ)りするのが、基本的(きほんてき)(あさ)のコースである。

Romanji

Daitai, kono kawara no atari o hitomeguri suru no ga, kihonteki na asa no ko-su de aru.

Words

大体 (だいたい)
outline; main point; gist; general; substantially; approximately; about; in the first place; to begin with; from the start
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
河原 (かわら)
dry river bed; river beach
()
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
辺り (あたり、ほとり)
on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond); (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; around (Sunday, last year, etc...); for instance
()
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.
一周 (いっしゅう、ひとめぐり)
once around; a revolution; a lap; a turn; a round; one full year
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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
基本的 (きほんてき)
fundamental; standard; basic
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(あさ、あした)
morning
コース (コース)
course (route, trail, course of study, course of action, plan, option); full course meal (multiple dishes served in sequence); prix fixe meal
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: セン、 かわ
Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: ヘン、 あた.り、 ほと.り、 -べ
Meanings: environs, boundary, border, vicinity
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ジュン、 めぐ.る、 めぐ.り
Meanings: patrol, go around, circumference
Readings: キ、 もと、 もとい
Meanings: fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: チョウ、 あさ
Meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea