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そして記念碑の基底部分には願い事が刻まれている。

Sentence Analyzer

そして 記念碑 基底 部分 願い事 刻まれている

English Translation

And a wish is engraved on the base of the statue:

Furigana

そして記念碑(きねんひ)基底(きてい)部分(ぶぶん)には(ねが)(ごと)(きざ)まれている。

Romanji

Soshite kinenhi no kitei bubun ni wa negaigoto ga kizamareteiru.

Words

然して (そして、しかして)
and; and then; thus; and now
記念碑 (きねんひ)
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
()
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
基底 (きてい)
base; ground
部分 (ぶぶん)
portion; section; part
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
願い事 (ねがいごと)
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
刻む (きざむ)
to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred; to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch; to tick away (time); to record the passing moments; to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly; to have tattooed; to torment

Kanji

Readings: キ、 しる.す
Meanings: scribe, account, narrative
Reading: ネン
Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Readings: ヒ、 いしぶみ
Meanings: tombstone, monument
Readings: キ、 もと、 もとい
Meanings: fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
Readings: テイ、 そこ
Meanings: bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: ガン、 ねが.う、 -ねがい
Meanings: petition, request, vow, wish, hope
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: コク、 きざ.む、 きざ.み
Meanings: engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving