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テレビの音を少し小さくしてくれ。眠ろうとしているんだから。

Sentence Analyzer

テレビ 少し 小さく してくれ 眠ろう している から

English Translation

Turn down the TV a little. I'm trying to go to sleep.

Furigana

テレビの(おと)(すこ)(ちい)さくしてくれ。(ねむ)ろうとしているんだから。

Romanji

Terebi no oto o sukoshi chiisaku shitekure. nemurou to shiteiru n da kara.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
()
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
(おと、ね、おん)
sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
()
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.
少し (すこし)
small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance
小さい (ちいさい)
small; little; tiny
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
眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)
to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

Kanji

Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy