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Zach

スミスさん一家は私たちの隣人です。

Sentence Analyzer

スミス さん 一家 私たち 隣人 です

English Translation

The Smiths are our neighbors.

Furigana

スミスさん一家(いっか)(わたし)たちの隣人(りんじん)です。

Romanji

Sumisu san ikka wa watashitachi no rinjin desu.

Words

さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
一家 (いっか、いっけ)
a house; a home; a family; a household; one's family; one's folks; a style
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
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
隣人 (りんじん)
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: リン、 とな.る、 となり
Meaning: neighboring
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person