これは、母が買ってくれたたった一枚の着物です。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

This is the only kimono that my mother bought me.

Furigana

これは、母(はは)が買(か)ってくれたたった一(いち)枚(まい)の着物(きもの)です。

Romanji

Kore wa, haha ga kattekureta tatta ichi mai no kimono desu.

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

は (は)

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

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

が (が)

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

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

たった (たった)

only; merely; but; no more than

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

枚 (まい)

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)

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

着物 (きもの)

clothing; clothes; kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)

です (です)

be; is