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Zach

スミスさん、ピエール・デュボワをご紹介しますわ、私の親友なの。

Sentence Analyzer

スミス さん ピエール・デュボワ 紹介します 親友

English Translation

Mrs. Smith, I'd like to introduce a friend of mine, Pierre Dubois.

Furigana

スミスさん、ピエール・デュボワをご紹介(しょうかい)しますわ、(わたし)親友(しんゆう)なの。

Romanji

Sumisu san, pie-rudhubowa o go shōkaishimasu wa, watashi no shin'yū na no.

Words

さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
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.
()
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
紹介 (しょうかい)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
()
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; wah!; boo!
(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
親友 (しんゆう)
close friend; bosom (old, intimate) friend; buddy; crony; chum
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Reading: ショウ
Meanings: introduce, inherit, help
Reading: カイ
Meanings: jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: シン、 おや、 おや-、 した.しい、 した.しむ
Meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
Readings: ユウ、 とも
Meaning: friend