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ジョーンズ先生が病気なので、今日はブラウン先生が彼の代わりに教えます。

Sentence Analyzer

ジョーンズ 先生 病気 ので 今日 ブラウン 先生 代わり 教えます

English Translation

Mr Jones is sick and Mr Brown will teach in his place today.

Furigana

ジョーンズ先生(せんせい)病気(びょうき)なので、今日(きょう)はブラウン先生(せんせい)(かれ)()わりに(おし)えます。

Romanji

Jo-Nzu sensei ga byōki na node, kyō wa Buraun sensei ga kare no kawari ni oshiemasu.

Words

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)
teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
病気 (びょうき)
illness; disease; sickness
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ブラウン (ブラウン)
brown
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
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
代わり (かわり)
substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing; stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor; compensation; exchange; return; second helping; another cup; seconds; upcoming program; upcoming programme
()
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
教える (おしえる)
to teach; to inform; to instruct

Kanji

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ビョウ、 ヘイ、 や.む、 -や.み、 やまい
Meanings: ill, sick
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine