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シルビアは誉めてくれる事のない厳格な父親を持っていた。

Sentence Analyzer

シルビア 誉めてくれる ない 厳格な 父親 持っていた

English Translation

Silvia had a stern father who never praised her.

Furigana

シルビアは()めてくれる(こと)のない厳格(げんかく)父親(ちちおや)()っていた。

Romanji

Shirubia wa hometekureru koto no nai genkakuna chichioya o motteita.

Words

()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
褒める (ほめる)
to praise; to admire; to speak well
(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 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
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
厳格 (げんかく)
severe; rigid; stern; strictness; rigor; rigour; austerity
父親 (ちちおや)
father
()
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.
持つ (もつ)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

Kanji

Readings: ヨ、 ほま.れ、 ほ.める
Meanings: reputation, praise, honor, glory
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 おごそ.か、 きび.しい、 いか.めしい、 いつくし
Meanings: stern, strictness, severity, rigidity
Readings: カク、 コウ、 キャク、 ゴウ
Meanings: status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)
Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
Readings: シン、 おや、 おや-、 した.しい、 した.しむ
Meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる
Meanings: hold, have