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あの狐がめん鳥を殺したに違いない。

Sentence Analyzer

あの めん鳥 殺した 違いない

English Translation

That fox must have killed the hen.

Furigana

あの(きつね)がめん(どり)(ころ)したに(ちが)いない。

Romanji

Ano kitsune ga mendori o koroshita ni chigainai.

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)
(きつね、けつね、きつ、キツネ)
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
殺す (ころす)
to kill
()
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
違い (ちがい)
difference; discrepancy

Kanji

Readings: コ、 きつね
Meaning: fox
Readings: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken
Readings: サツ、 サイ、 セツ、 ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、 そ.ぐ
Meanings: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
Readings: イ、 ちが.う、 ちが.い、 ちが.える、 -ちが.える、 たが.う、 たが.える
Meanings: difference, differ