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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

父は普通ビールを飲むが、今夜はワインを飲んだ。

Sentence Analyzer

普通 びーる 飲む 今夜 ワイン 飲んだ

English Translation

My father usually drinks beer, but this evening he drank wine.

Furigana

(ちち)普通(ふつう)ビールを()むが、今夜(こんや)はワインを()んだ。

Romanji

Chichi wa futsū bi-ru o nomu ga, kon'ya wa wain o nonda.

Words

(ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)
father
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
普通 (ふつう)
general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station
ビール (ビール、ビア、ビヤ、ビヤー、ビーア、ビアー)
beer
()
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.
飲む (のむ)
to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
今夜 (こんや)
this evening; tonight
ワイン (ワイン)
wine

Kanji

Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
Readings: フ、 あまね.く、 あまねし
Meanings: universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: イン、 オン、 の.む、 -の.み
Meanings: drink, smoke, take
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる
Meanings: night, evening