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毎年同じ旧型の製品を作っても始まらない。

Sentence Analyzer

毎年 同じ 旧型 製品 作って 始まらない

English Translation

It's no good making the same old products year after year.

Furigana

毎年(まいとし)(おな)旧型(きゅうがた)製品(せいひん)(つく)っても(はじ)まらない。

Romanji

Maitoshi onaji kyūgata no seihin o tsukutte mo hajimaranai.

Words

毎年 (まいとし、まいねん)
every year; yearly; annually
同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)
same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case
旧型 (きゅうがた、きゅうけい)
old style; old type
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
製品 (せいひん)
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
()
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.
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
()
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
始まる (はじまる)
to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

Kanji

Readings: マイ、 ごと、 -ごと.に
Meaning: every
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ドウ、 おな.じ
Meanings: same, agree, equal
Readings: キュウ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-
Readings: ケイ、 かた、 -がた
Meanings: mould, type, model
Reading: セイ
Meanings: made in..., manufacture
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin