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Zach

一体全体どうして新築した家を売ってしまったのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

一体全体 どうして 新築した 売ってしまった です

English Translation

Why on earth did you sell your newly-built house?

Furigana

一体全体(いったいぜんたい)どうして新築(しんちく)した(いえ)()ってしまったのですか。

Romanji

Ittaizentai dōshite shinchikushita ie o utteshimatta no desu ka.

Words

一体全体 (いったいぜんたい)
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
如何して (どうして)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for
新築 (しんちく)
new building; new construction
(いえ)
house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name
()
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.
売る (うる)
to sell
()
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
()
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

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Readings: ゼン、 まった.く、 すべ.て
Meanings: whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: チク、 きず.く
Meanings: fabricate, build, construct
Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる
Meaning: sell