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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

銀とブリキの区別がつきますか。

Sentence Analyzer

ブリキ 区別 つきます

English Translation

Can you distinguish silver from tin?

Furigana

(ぎん)とブリキの区別(くべつ)がつきますか。

Romanji

Gin to buriki no kubetsu ga tsukimasu ka.

Words

(ぎん、しろがね、しろかね)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; silver general
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if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
錻力 (ブリキ)
tin plate
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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
区別 (くべつ)
distinction; differentiation; classification
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
点く (つく)
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
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indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: ギン、 しろがね
Meaning: silver
Readings: ク、 オウ、 コウ
Meanings: ward, district
Readings: ベツ、 わか.れる、 わ.ける
Meanings: separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially