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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

何とかさんという人が今日来ました。

Sentence Analyzer

何とか さん という 今日 来ました

English Translation

A Mr. So and So came today.

Furigana

(なん)とかさんという(ひと)今日(きょう)()ました。

Romanji

Nantoka san toiu hito ga kyō kimashita.

Words

何とか (なんとか)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
来る (くる)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

Kanji

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become