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Zach

いいえ、おもちゃがいくつあるかじゃなくて、鍵がいくつあるかなのよ。

Sentence Analyzer

いいえ もち ゃがいくつあるかじゃなくて いくつ ある かな

English Translation

No, not how many toys, how many keys?

Furigana

いいえ、おもちゃがいくつあるかじゃなくて、(かぎ)がいくつあるかなのよ。

Romanji

Iie, o mochi gaikutsuarukajanakute, kagi ga ikutsu aru kana no yo.

Words

(いいえ、いいや、いえ、いな、いや)
no; nay; well; er; why
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(もち、モチ)
birdlime; Nepal holly (Ilex integra)
(かぎ、カギ)
key; lock
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
幾つ (いくつ)
how many?; how old?
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
仮名 (かな)
kana; Japanese syllabary (e.g. hiragana, katakana)
()
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
()
indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

Kanji

Readings: ケン、 かぎ
Meaning: key