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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

お兄さんが結婚なさったのですね。

Sentence Analyzer

兄さん 結婚 なさった です

English Translation

Your brother got married, didn't he?

Furigana

(にい)さんが結婚(けっこん)なさったのですね。

Romanji

O niisan ga kekkon nasatta no desu ne.

Words

(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
兄さん (にいさん、あにさん)
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); (vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
結婚 (けっこん)
marriage
為さる (なさる)
to do
()
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
です (です)
be; is
(ね、ねえ)
indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 あに
Meanings: elder brother, big brother
Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる
Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Reading: コン
Meaning: marriage