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屋根には雨がぱらぱら落ちていた。

Sentence Analyzer

屋根 ぱらぱら 落ちていた

English Translation

Rain was pattering on the roof.

Furigana

屋根(やね)には(あめ)がぱらぱら()ちていた。

Romanji

Yane ni wa ame ga parapara ochiteita.

Words

屋根 (やね)
roof
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(あめ)
rain
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
パラパラ (パラパラ、ぱらぱら)
disco dancing with synchronized arm motions; falling in (large) drops (e.g. rain, hail); sprinkle (e.g. rain, salt); pattering; clattering (e.g. hail); flipping through a book; thumbing through a book; riffling cards; sparse; scattered (e.g. clumps of grass); crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese, non-sticky rice); loose and falling apart
落ちる (おちる)
to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths

Kanji

Readings: オク、 や
Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね
Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)
Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
Meaning: rain
Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet