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祖母は少しも生活様式を変えなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

祖母 少し 生活 様式 変えなかった

English Translation

My grandmother never changed her style of living.

Furigana

祖母(そぼ)(すこ)しも生活(せいかつ)様式(ようしき)()えなかった。

Romanji

Sobo wa sukoshi mo seikatsu yōshiki o kaenakatta.

Words

祖母 (そぼ、ばば、おおば、おば、うば)
grandmother
()
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
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
生活 (せいかつ)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
様式 (ようしき)
style; form; pattern
()
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.
変える (かえる)
to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: ancestor, pioneer, founder
Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける
Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings: ヨウ、 ショウ、 さま、 さん
Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
Reading: シキ
Meanings: style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange