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くすぶっていた薪が突然燃え上がった。

Sentence Analyzer

くすぶっていた 突然 燃え上がった

English Translation

The smoldering firewood burst into flame.

Furigana

くすぶっていた(たきぎ)突然(とつぜん)()()がった。

Romanji

Kusubutteita takigi ga totsuzen moeagatta.

Words

燻ぶる (くすぶる、ふすぶる、いぶる)
to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder; to seclude oneself; to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.)
(まき、たきぎ)
firewood; kindling; fuel; piece(s) of firewood
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
突然 (とつぜん)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
燃え上がる (もえあがる)
to flare up; to burst into flames

Kanji

Readings: シン、 たきぎ、 まき
Meanings: fuel, firewood, kindling
Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く
Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden
Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ
Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Readings: ネン、 も.える、 も.やす、 も.す
Meanings: burn, blaze, glow
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up