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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

私は母ほど料理が上手ではありません。

Sentence Analyzer

ほど 料理 上手 ありません

English Translation

I cannot cook as well as my mother does.

Furigana

(わたし)(はは)ほど料理(りょうり)上手(じょうず)ではありません。

Romanji

Watashi wa haha hodo ryōri ga jōzu de wa arimasen.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)
mother
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
料理 (りょうり)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
上手 (じょうず、じょうて、じょうしゅ)
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
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

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand