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狐は他のどんな動物よりもずるいということだ。

Sentence Analyzer

どんな 動物 より ずるい という こと

English Translation

It is said that the fox is more cunning than any other animal.

Furigana

(きつね)()のどんな動物(どうぶつ)よりもずるいということだ。

Romanji

Kitsune wa ta no donna dōbutsu yori mo zurui toiu koto da.

Words

(きつね、けつね、きつ、キツネ)
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
()
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
どんな (どんな)
what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)
動物 (どうぶつ)
animal
より (より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
()
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
狡い (ずるい、こすい)
sly; cunning; dishonest; sneaky; crafty; unfair; miserly
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: コ、 きつね
Meaning: fox
Readings: タ、 ほか
Meanings: other, another, the others
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter