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一本の高い木が水面に長い影を映している。

Sentence Analyzer

高い 水面 長い 映している

English Translation

A tall tree projects its long shadow on the water.

Furigana

(いち)(ほん)(たか)()水面(すいめん)(なが)(かげ)(うつ)している。

Romanji

Ichi hon no takai ki ga suimen ni nagai kage o utsushiteiru.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(ほん)
book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls
()
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
高い (たかい)
high; tall; expensive
()
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
水面 (すいめん、みなも)
water's surface
()
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
長い (ながい)
long (distance); long (time); lengthy
(かげ)
shadow; silhouette; figure; shape; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace; shadow (of one's former self)
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
映す (うつす)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive
Readings: ボク、 モク、 き、 こ-
Meanings: tree, wood
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: エイ、 かげ
Meanings: shadow, silhouette, phantom
Readings: エイ、 うつ.る、 うつ.す、 は.える、 -ば.え
Meanings: reflect, reflection, projection