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デニスは町で一番醜いしかめっ面をすることができる。

Sentence Analyzer

でにす 一番 醜い しかめっ面 する こと できる

English Translation

Dennis can make the ugliest face in town.

Furigana

デニスは(まち)一番(いちばん)(みにく)いしかめっ(つら)をすることができる。

Romanji

Denisu wa machi de ichiban minikui shikamettsura o suru koto ga dekiru.

Words

テニス (テニス)
tennis
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(まち、ちょう)
town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
一番 (いちばん)
number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece
醜い (みにくい)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
顰め面 (しかめつら、しかめっつら)
frown; scowl; grimace
()
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.
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
(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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 まち
Meanings: town, village, block, street
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: バン、 つが.い
Meanings: turn, number in a series
Readings: シュウ、 みにく.い、 しこ
Meanings: ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface