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原始的な計算機が、コンピューターの開発されるずっと以前に存在していた。

Sentence Analyzer

原始的 計算機 コンピューター 開発される ずっと 以前 存在していた

English Translation

Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.

Furigana

原始的(げんしてき)計算機(けいさんき)が、コンピューターの開発(かいはつ)されるずっと以前(いぜん)存在(そんざい)していた。

Romanji

Genshiteki na keisanki ga, konpyu-ta- no kaihatsusareru zutto izen ni sonzaishiteita.

Words

原始的 (げんしてき)
primitive; original
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
計算器 (けいさんき)
computer; calculator
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)
computer
()
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
開発 (かいはつ、かいほつ)
development; exploitation
ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight
以前 (いぜん)
ago; since; before; previous
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
存在 (そんざい)
existence; being

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: ケイ、 はか.る、 はか.らう
Meanings: plot, plan, scheme, measure
Readings: サン、 そろ
Meanings: calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: イ、 もっ.て
Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: ソン、 ゾン、 ながら.える、 あ.る、 たも.つ、 と.う
Meanings: exist, suppose, be aware of, believe, feel
Readings: ザイ、 あ.る
Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in