This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

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

ベンはマッチなしで火を起こすことを学んだ。

Sentence Analyzer

べん マッチ なし 起こす こと 学んだ

English Translation

Ben learned to make a fire without matches.

Furigana

ベンはマッチなしで()()こすことを(まな)んだ。

Romanji

Ben wa matchi nashi de hi o okosu koto o mananda.

Words

便 (べん)
convenience; service; facility; accommodation; excreta (esp. faeces); excrement; stool
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
燐寸 (マッチ)
match (to light fire with)
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
fire; flame; blaze
()
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.
起こす (おこす)
to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
学ぶ (まなぶ)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

Kanji

Readings: カ、 ひ、 -び、 ほ-
Meaning: fire
Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science