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Zach

この古い魚は変な味がする。

Sentence Analyzer

この 古い 変な する

English Translation

This old fish has a strange taste.

Furigana

この(ふる)(さかな)(へん)(あじ)がする。

Romanji

Kono furui sakana wa henna aji ga suru.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
古い (ふるい)
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
(さかな、うお)
fish
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(へん)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; flat
(あじ)
flavor; flavour; taste; charm; style; experience; smart; clever; witty; strange
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
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

Kanji

Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
Meaning: old
Readings: ギョ、 うお、 さかな、 -ざかな
Meaning: fish
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste