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しばらくして小さい黒いウサギは食べるのを止めて座り込みました。それはとても悲しそうにみえた。

Sentence Analyzer

しばらく して 小さい 黒い ウサギ 食べる 止めて 座り込みました それ とても 悲しそう みえた

English Translation

After a while, the little black rabbit stopped eating, sat down, and looked very sad.

Furigana

しばらくして(ちい)さい(くろ)いウサギは()べるのを()めて(すわ)()みました。それはとても(かな)しそうにみえた。

Romanji

Shibaraku shite chiisai kuroi usagi wa taberu no o tomete suwarikomimashita. sore wa totemo kanashisō ni mieta.

Words

暫く (しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ)
little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time
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
小さい (ちいさい)
small; little; tiny
黒い (くろい)
black; dark; illicit; wicked; underground
(うさぎ、う、ウサギ)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
食べる (たべる)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
()
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
()
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.
止める (とめる)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit; to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind; to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple; to detain; to keep in custody
座り込む (すわりこむ)
to sit down (and bask); to sit-in (in protest)
其れ (それ)
that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you
迚も (とても、とっても)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
()
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
見える (みえる)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to appear; to come

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: コク、 くろ、 くろ.ずむ、 くろ.い
Meaning: black
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: シ、 と.まる、 -ど.まり、 と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、 とど.める、 とど.め、 とど.まる、 や.める、 や.む、 -や.む、 よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し
Meanings: stop, halt
Readings: ザ、 すわ.る
Meanings: squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit
Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める
Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)
Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ
Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret