電話を発明したのはだれですか。
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English Translation
Who invented the telephone?
Furigana
Romanji
Denwa o hatsumeishita no wa dare desu ka.
Words
電話
(でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
を
(を)
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.
発明
(はつめい)
invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear
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
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
だれる
(だれる)
to lose interest; to weaken; to slacken; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock)
です
(です)
be; is
か
(か)
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
Kanji
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light