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Zach

お父さんは休む必要があります彼は3時間も庭で働いています。

Sentence Analyzer

お父さん 休む 必要 あります 時間 働いています

English Translation

Dad needs to take a rest. He's been working in the garden for three hours.

Furigana

(とう)さんは(やす)必要(ひつよう)があります(かれ)は3時間(じかん)(にわ)(はたら)いています。

Romanji

Otōsan wa yasumu hitsuyō ga arimasu kare wa san jikan mo niwa de hataraiteimasu.

Words

お父さん (おとうさん、おとっさん)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
休む (やすむ)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire; to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
(さん、み)
three; tri-
時間 (じかん)
time; hours
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
(にわ)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
働く (はたらく)
to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

Kanji

Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
Readings: キュウ、 やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める
Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: テイ、 にわ
Meanings: courtyard, garden, yard
Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く
Meanings: work, (kokuji)