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パリは灯の都と呼ばれています。多くの美しい建物が夜になると点灯されます。

Sentence Analyzer

ぱり 呼ばれています 多く 美しい 建物 なる 点灯されます

English Translation

Paris is called the City of Lights. Many beautiful buildings are lighted at night.

Furigana

パリは(あかり)()()ばれています。(おお)くの(うつく)しい建物(たてもの)(よる)になると点灯(てんとう)されます。

Romanji

Pari wa akari no to to yobareteimasu. ōku no utsukushii tatemono ga yoru ni naru to tentōsaremasu.

Words

巴里 (パリ)
Paris (France)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(ひ、とうか、ともしび)
light; lamp; torch
()
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
()
metropolitan; municipal
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
呼ぶ (よぶ)
to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife
多く (おおく)
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
美しい (うつくしい)
beautiful; lovely
建物 (たてもの)
building
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(よる、よ)
evening; night
()
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
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
点灯 (てんとう)
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light

Kanji

Readings: トウ、 ひ、 ほ-、 ともしび、 とも.す、 あかり
Meanings: lamp, a light, light, counter for lights
Readings: ト、 ツ、 みやこ
Meanings: metropolis, capital
Readings: コ、 よ.ぶ
Meanings: call, call out to, invite
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful
Readings: ケン、 コン、 た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ
Meaning: build
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる
Meanings: night, evening
Readings: テン、 つ.ける、 つ.く、 た.てる、 さ.す、 とぼ.す、 とも.す、 ぼち
Meanings: spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point