ぎざぎざのかどが彼のズボンに引っかかって穴を空けた。

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ぎざぎざ の か ど が 彼 の ずぼん に 引っかかって 穴 を 空けた 。

English Translation

The jagged edge ripped a hole in his trousers.

Furigana

ぎざぎざのかどが彼(かれ)のズボンに引(ひ)っかかって穴(あな)を空(あ)けた。

Romanji

Gizagiza no ka do ga kare no zubon ni hikkakatte ana o aketa.

Words

ぎざぎざ (ぎざぎざ、ギザギザ)

jagged; notched; corrugated; milled; serrated; with jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images)

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

ど (ど、どう、ド)

precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much; damn; stupid; cursed

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

ズボン (ズボン)

trousers; pants

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

引っかかる (ひっかかる)

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with; to fall for (a trick); to be deceived; to be cheated; to be on one's mind; to worry one; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy; to be obstructed; to be hindered; to splash

穴 (あな)

hole; deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); vacancy; opening; flaw; profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; upset victory (with a large payoff); pit (of a theater); hiding place; underbelly (of society, etc.)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

開ける (あける)

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn; to grow light; to end (of a period, season); to begin (of the New Year); to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for); to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

引

Readings: イン、 ひ.く、 ひ.き、 ひ.き-、 -び.き、 ひ.ける

Meanings: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

穴

Readings: ケツ、 あな

Meanings: hole, aperture, slit, cave, den

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum