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Zach

カーテンを開けたら、雪が降っていた。

Sentence Analyzer

かーてん 開けたら 降っていた

English Translation

When I opened the curtains, it was snowing.

Furigana

カーテンを()けたら、(ゆき)()っていた。

Romanji

Ka-ten o aketara, yuki ga futteita.

Words

ガーデン (ガーデン)
garden
()
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 (はだける)
to open; to bare; to expose; to stretch
(ゆき)
snow
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
下る (くだる)
to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal
Readings: セツ、 ゆき
Meaning: snow
Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す
Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender