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Zach

何隻かのボートが湖に浮かんでいる。

Sentence Analyzer

ぼーと 浮かんでいる

English Translation

Some boats are on the lake.

Furigana

(なん)(せき)かのボートが(みずうみ)()かんでいる。

Romanji

Nan seki ka no bo-to ga mizuumi ni ukandeiru.

Words

(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
(せき)
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
()
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
()
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
ボード (ボード)
board
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(みずうみ)
lake
()
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
浮かぶ (うかぶ)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to surface; to come to mind; to have inspiration

Kanji

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Reading: セキ
Meanings: vessels, counter for ships, fish, birds, arrows, one of a pair
Readings: コ、 みずうみ
Meaning: lake
Readings: フ、 う.く、 う.かれる、 う.かぶ、 む、 う.かべる
Meanings: floating, float, rise to surface