こんな奇妙な習慣を聞いたことがありますか。

Sentence Analyzer

こんな 奇妙な 習慣 を 聞いた こと が あります か 。

English Translation

Did you ever hear of such a strange custom?

Furigana

こんな奇妙(きみょう)な習慣(しゅうかん)を聞(き)いたことがありますか。

Romanji

Konna kimyōna shūkan o kiita koto ga arimasu ka.

Words

こんな (こんな)

such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this

奇妙 (きみょう)

strange; queer; curious

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

事 (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

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

奇

Readings: キ、 く.しき、 あや.しい、 くし、 めずら.しい

Meanings: strange, strangeness, curiosity

妙

Readings: ミョウ、 ビョウ、 たえ

Meanings: exquisite, strange, queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming

習

Readings: シュウ、 ジュ、 なら.う、 なら.い

Meaning: learn

慣

Readings: カン、 な.れる、 な.らす

Meanings: accustomed, get used to, become experienced

聞

Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる

Meanings: hear, ask, listen