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あの魚屋ではぴんぴん生きている魚を売っている。

Sentence Analyzer

あの 魚屋 ぴんぴん 生きている 売っている

English Translation

They sell live fish at the fish store.

Furigana

あの魚屋(さかなや)ではぴんぴん()きている(さかな)()っている。

Romanji

Ano sakanaya de wa pinpin ikiteiru sakana o utteiru.

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)
魚屋 (さかなや)
fish market; fish dealer
(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.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ぴんぴん (ぴんぴん)
lively
生きる (いきる)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
(さかな、うお)
fish
()
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.
売る (うる)
to sell

Kanji

Readings: ギョ、 うお、 さかな、 -ざかな
Meaning: fish
Readings: オク、 や
Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる
Meaning: sell