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ホテルの電話はホールにあり、ハリエットは今、警察に電話しようとしています。

Sentence Analyzer

ほてる 電話 ほーる あり ハリエット 警察 電話しよう しています

English Translation

The hotel telephone is in the hall and Harriet is trying to ring the police now.

Furigana

ホテルの電話(でんわ)はホールにあり、ハリエットは(いま)警察(けいさつ)電話(でんわ)しようとしています。

Romanji

Hoteru no denwa wa ho-ru ni ari, harietto wa ima, keisatsu ni denwashiyou to shiteimasu.

Words

ホテル (ホテル)
hotel
()
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
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ホール (ホール)
hall (dance, concert, etc.); hole; whole; dining area of a restaurant
()
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
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
(いま)
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
警察 (けいさつ)
police; police officer; police station
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
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

Kanji

Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand