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ボールボーイとボールガールはみな地元の学校の生徒だ。

Sentence Analyzer

ぼーる ボーイ ぼーる がーる みな 地元 学校 生徒

English Translation

The ballboys and ballgirls all come from local schools.

Furigana

ボールボーイとボールガールはみな地元(じもと)学校(がっこう)生徒(せいと)だ。

Romanji

Bo-ru bo-i to bo-ru ga-ru wa mina jimoto no gakkō no seito da.

Words

ホール (ホール)
hall (dance, concert, etc.); hole; whole; dining area of a restaurant
ボーイ (ボーイ)
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
カール (カール)
curl; cwm; cirque; corrie
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(みな、みんな)
all; everyone; everybody; everything
地元 (じもと)
home area; home town; local
()
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
学校 (がっこう)
school
生徒 (せいと)
pupil
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: ゲン、 ガン、 もと
Meanings: beginning, former time, origin
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: コウ、 キョウ
Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ト、 いたずら、 あだ
Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people