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Zach

これは普通列車ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

これ 普通 列車 です

English Translation

Is this a local train?

Furigana

これは普通(ふつう)列車(れっしゃ)ですか。

Romanji

Kore wa futsū ressha desu ka.

Words

此れ (これ)
this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
普通 (ふつう)
general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station
列車 (れっしゃ)
train (ordinary)
です (です)
be; is
()
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

Readings: フ、 あまね.く、 あまねし
Meanings: universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: レツ、 レ
Meanings: file, row, rank, tier, column
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car