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Zach

おどろいたことに、彼は寒い日でも泳ぐんです。

Sentence Analyzer

おどろいた こと 寒い でも 泳ぐ です

English Translation

Surprisingly, he swims even on cold days.

Furigana

おどろいたことに、(かれ)(さむ)()でも(およ)ぐんです。

Romanji

Odoroita koto ni, kare wa samui hi demo oyogu n desu.

Words

驚く (おどろく)
to be surprised; to be astonished
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
寒い (さむい、さぶい)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
()
day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event
でも (でも)
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do
泳ぐ (およぐ)
to swim
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: カン、 さむ.い
Meaning: cold
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: エイ、 およ.ぐ
Meaning: swim