あの小売店のバックにはもっと大きな会社がひかえています。

Sentence Analyzer

あの小売店のばっくにはもっと大きな会社がひかえています。

English Translation

The small retail outlet is only a front for a much larger entity.

Furigana

あの小売店(こうりてん)のバックにはもっと大(おお)きな会社(かいしゃ)がひかえています。

Romanji

Ano kouriten no bakku ni wa motto ōkina kaisha ga hikaeteimasu.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

小売り店 (こうりてん)

retail store; retail shop

の (の)

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

バック (バック)

back; to go backwards; to reverse; to refund a customer; doggy style (sexual position)

に (に)

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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

控える (ひかえる)

to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for; to be soon; to be in the offing; to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)