Word
トライアル期間 は 短い。toraiarukikan wa mijikai.
Meaning
The trial period is short.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of toraiarukikan wa mijikai.
はwa
topic particle
短いmijikai
short
トライアル期間toraiarukikan
a trial period
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Questions & Answers about toraiarukikan wa mijikai.
How do I read トライアル期間は短い?
A natural reading is:
トライアルきかん は みじかい。
Romanized: toraiaru kikan wa mijikai
- トライアル = trial
- 期間 = period; duration
- は is written ha but pronounced wa here
- 短い = short
So the whole sentence is read Toraiaru kikan wa mijikai.
Why is トライアル written in katakana?
Because トライアル is a loanword, borrowed from English trial.
In Japanese:
- katakana is commonly used for foreign loanwords
- hiragana is used for native grammar words and some native words
- kanji is used for many core content words
So in this sentence:
- トライアル is katakana because it is a borrowed word
- 期間 and 短い are native Sino-Japanese / Japanese vocabulary, so they use kanji
What does 期間 mean exactly?