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文法の基本原則はそれほど難しくはない。

Sentence Analyzer

文法 基本 原則 それほど 難しく ない

English Translation

The basic principles of grammar are not so difficult.

Furigana

文法(ぶんぽう)基本(きほん)原則(げんそく)はそれほど(むずか)しくはない。

Romanji

Bunpō no kihon gensoku wa sorehodo muzukashiku wa nai.

Words

文法 (ぶんぽう)
grammar; syntax
()
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
基本 (きほん)
foundation; basis; standard
原則 (げんそく)
principle; general rule
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
それ程 (それほど)
to that degree; extent
難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: キ、 もと、 もとい
Meanings: fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: ソク、 のっと.る
Meanings: rule, follow, based on, model after
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect