ジャックは壊した皿を隠していたが、下の妹が告げ口した。

Sentence Analyzer

じゃっくは壊した皿を隠していたが、下の妹が告げ口した。

English Translation

Jack hid the dish he had broken, but his little sister told on him.

Furigana

ジャックは壊(こわ)した皿(さら)を隠(かく)していたが、下(した)の妹(いもうと)が告(つ)げ口(ぐち)した。

Romanji

Jakku wa kowashita sara o kakushiteita ga, shita no imōto ga tsugeguchi shita.

Words

ジャック (ジャック)

jack; knave; (electrical) jack; takeover; seizure; hijack

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

壊す (こわす)

to break; to destroy; to demolish; to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage; to break (a bill, etc.)

皿 (さら)

plate; dish; platter; disc; serving; helping; course; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

を (を)

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.

隠す (かくす)

to hide; to conceal

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

下 (した)

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); trade-in; preliminary; preparatory

の (の)

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

妹 (いもうと)

younger sister

告げ口 (つげぐち)

tattling; telling on (someone)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to