私はビデオデッキの使い方が分からない。

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私 は ビデオデッキ の 使い方 が 分からない 。

English Translation

I don't know how to use a VCR.

Furigana

私(わたし)はビデオデッキの使(つか)い方(かた)が分(わ)からない。

Romanji

Watashi wa bideodekki no tsukaikata ga wakaranai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

ビデオデッキ (ビデオデッキ、ビデオ・デッキ)

video cassette recorder

の (の)

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

使い方 (つかいかた)

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

が (が)

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

使

Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い

Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

分

Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100