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食事は少なくとも3時間はしないでください。

Sentence Analyzer

食事 少なくとも 時間 しないで ください

English Translation

Don't eat for at least three hours.

Furigana

食事(しょくじ)(すく)なくとも3時間(じかん)はしないでください。

Romanji

Shokuji wa sukunakutomo san jikan wa shinaide kudasai.

Words

食事 (しょくじ)
meal; to eat
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
少なくとも (すくなくとも)
at least
(さん、み)
three; tri-
時間 (じかん)
time; hours
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
下さる (くださる)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

Kanji

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space