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ある火曜日のこと、午前中の遅い時間に歯医者に行くことになっていたので家にいた。

Sentence Analyzer

ある 火曜日 こと 午前中 遅い 時間 歯医者 行く こと なっていた ので いた

English Translation

One Tuesday I stayed home because I had an appointment with the dentist later in the morning.

Furigana

ある火曜日(かようび)のこと、午前中(ごぜんちゅう)(おそ)時間(じかん)歯医者(はいしゃ)()くことになっていたので(いえ)にいた。

Romanji

Aru kayōbi no koto, gozenchū no osoi jikan ni haisha ni iku koto ni natteita node ie ni ita.

Words

(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
火曜日 (かようび)
Tuesday
()
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
(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
午前中 (ごぜんちゅう)
this morning; in the morning; throughout the morning
遅い (おそい)
slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid
時間 (じかん)
time; hours
()
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
歯医者 (はいしゃ)
dentist
行く (いく、ゆく)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
(いえ)
house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name
要る (いる)
to need; to want

Kanji

Readings: カ、 ひ、 -び、 ほ-
Meaning: fire
Reading: ヨウ
Meaning: weekday
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ゴ、 うま
Meanings: noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い
Meanings: slow, late, back, later
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: シ、 よわい、 は、 よわ.い、 よわい.する
Meanings: tooth, cog
Readings: イ、 い.やす、 い.する、 くすし
Meanings: doctor, medicine
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer