遠くで小さな明かりがちらちらしていた。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
Little lights were blinking on and off in the distance.
Furigana
Romanji
Tōku de chiisana akari ga chirachira shiteita.
Words
遠く
(とおく)
far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
小さな
(ちいさな)
small; little; tiny
明かり
(あかり)
light; illumination; glow; gleam; lamp; light
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
ちらちら
(ちらちら、チラチラ、チラッチラッ)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; glimmering; sparkling; dazzling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses; glancing (repeatedly); (hear, see) from time to time; intermittently
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to