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Zach

お宅では日本車を持っているそうで、驚きました。

Sentence Analyzer

日本車 持っている そう 驚きました

English Translation

I am surprised that your family has a Japanese car.

Furigana

(たく)では日本車(にっぽんしゃ)()っているそうで、(おどろ)きました。

Romanji

O taku de wa Nipponsha o motteiru sō de, odorokimashita.

Words

(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(たく)
house; home; husband
(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.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
日本車 (にほんしゃ)
car of Japanese make
()
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.
持つ (もつ)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
驚く (おどろく)
to be surprised; to be astonished

Kanji

Reading: タク
Meanings: home, house, residence, our house, my husband
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる
Meanings: hold, have
Readings: キョウ、 おどろ.く、 おどろ.かす
Meanings: wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed