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Zach

ねこが私のそばを丁度今横切った。

Sentence Analyzer

ねこ そば 丁度 横切った

English Translation

The cat has just passed by beside me.

Furigana

ねこが(わたし)のそばを丁度(ちょうど)(いま)横切(よこぎ)った。

Romanji

Neko ga watashi no soba o chōdo ima yokogitta.

Words

(ねこ、ネコ)
cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
蕎麦 (そば、そばむぎ、そまむぎ)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
()
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.
丁度 (ちょうど)
just; right; exactly
(いま)
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
横切る (よこぎる)
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: チョウ、 テイ、 チン、 トウ、 チ、 ひのと
Meanings: street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Readings: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: オウ、 よこ
Meanings: sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp