芝は刈る必要がある。

芝は刈る必要がある。

The grass needs cutting.

芝(しば)は刈(か)る必要(ひつよう)がある。

Shiba wa karu hitsuyō ga aru.

芝 (しば)

lawn; sod; turf

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

刈る (かる)

to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Readings: シ、しば

Meanings: turf, lawn

Readings: ガイ、カイ、か.る

Meanings: reap, cut, clip, trim, prune

Readings: ヒツ、かなら.ず

Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable

Readings: ヨウ、い.る、かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to