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Zach

ぎこちない笑いをした店員が答えた。

Sentence Analyzer

ぎこちない 笑い した 店員 答えた

English Translation

The smirking male clerk replied.

Furigana

ぎこちない(わら)いをした店員(てんいん)(こた)えた。

Romanji

Gikochinai warai o shita ten'in ga kotaeta.

Words

ぎこちない (ぎこちない、ぎごちない)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
笑い (わらい)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
()
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.
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
店員 (てんいん)
shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
答える (こたえる)
to answer; to reply

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 わら.う、 え.む
Meaning: laugh
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: トウ、 こた.える、 こた.え
Meanings: solution, answer