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車を買うかどうか決める前に費用を計算しなさい。

Sentence Analyzer

買う どう 決める 費用 計算し なさい

English Translation

Reckon the cost before you decide to purchase the car.

Furigana

(くるま)()うかどうか()める(まえ)費用(ひよう)計算(けいさん)しなさい。

Romanji

Kuruma o kau ka dō ka kimeru mae ni hiyō o keisanshi nasai.

Words

(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.
買う (かう)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
()
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
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
決める (きめる)
to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
費用 (ひよう)
cost; expense
計算 (けいさん)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
為さる (なさる)
to do

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy
Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: ヒ、 つい.やす、 つい.える
Meanings: expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: ケイ、 はか.る、 はか.らう
Meanings: plot, plan, scheme, measure
Readings: サン、 そろ
Meanings: calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability