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Zach

機会があれば職を変えるべきだ。

Sentence Analyzer

機会 あれば 変える べき

English Translation

You should change your job if the occasion arises.

Furigana

機会(きかい)があれば(しょく)()えるべきだ。

Romanji

Kikai ga areba shoku o kaeru beki da.

Words

機会 (きかい)
chance; opportunity
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
(しょく、そく)
job; work; employment; occupation; position; duties; trade; skill
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
変える (かえる)
to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend
可し (べし)
shall; should; must
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: ショク、 ソク
Meanings: post, employment, work
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange