何故君はその間ずっと黙っていたのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

何故 君 は その間 ずっと 黙っていた の です か 。

English Translation

Why were you silent all the time?

Furigana

何故(なぜ)君(きみ)はその間(かん)ずっと黙(だま)っていたのですか。

Romanji

Naze kimi wa sonokan zutto damatteita no desu ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

君 (きみ)

you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

その間 (そのあいだ、そのかん)

in the meanwhile; during the time

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

黙る (だまる)

to be silent

の (の)

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

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

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

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

君

Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ

Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

黙

Readings: モク、 ボク、 だま.る、 もだ.す

Meanings: silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is