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いとこは、うちの近くの店で働いています。

Sentence Analyzer

いとこ うち 近く 働いています

English Translation

My cousin works in a shop near our home.

Furigana

いとこは、うちの(ちか)くの(みせ)(はたら)いています。

Romanji

Itoko wa, uchi no chikaku no mise de hataraiteimasu.

Words

従兄弟 (いとこ、じゅうけいてい)
cousin (male)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(うち、ち)
house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household
()
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
近く (ちかく)
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
(みせ)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
(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: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く
Meanings: work, (kokuji)