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うちの番犬はどんな小さな音や動きにも油断がない。

Sentence Analyzer

うち 番犬 どんな 小さな 動き 油断 ない

English Translation

My watchdog is alert to the slightest sound and movement.

Furigana

うちの番犬(ばんけん)はどんな(ちい)さな(おと)(うご)きにも油断(ゆだん)がない。

Romanji

Uchi no banken wa donna chiisana oto ya ugoki ni mo yudan ga nai.

Words

(うち、ち)
house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household
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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
番犬 (ばんけん)
watchdog
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topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
どんな (どんな)
what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)
小さな (ちいさな)
small; little; tiny
(おと、ね、おん)
sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
()
such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question
動き (うごき)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change; fluctuation
()
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
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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
油断 (ゆだん)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

Readings: バン、 つが.い
Meanings: turn, number in a series
Readings: ケン、 いぬ、 いぬ-
Meaning: dog
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 あぶら
Meanings: oil, fat
Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める
Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting