この奇妙なビルはいったい誰が設計したのか。

Sentence Analyzer

この 奇妙な びる は いったい 誰 が 設計した の か 。

English Translation

Who designed this strange building?

Furigana

この奇妙(きみょう)なビルはいったい誰(だれ)が設計(せっけい)したのか。

Romanji

Kono kimyōna biru wa ittai dare ga sekkeishita no ka.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

奇妙 (きみょう)

strange; queer; curious

ビル (ビル)

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

は (は)

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

一体 (いったい)

...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"); one object; one body; unity; one form; one style; one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.); generally; in general

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

が (が)

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

設計 (せっけい)

plan; design; layout

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

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

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody

設

Readings: セツ、 もう.ける

Meanings: establishment, provision, prepare

計

Readings: ケイ、 はか.る、 はか.らう

Meanings: plot, plan, scheme, measure