This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

あの灰色のビルですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あの 灰色 びる です

English Translation

That gray building?

Furigana

あの灰色(はいいろ)のビルですか。

Romanji

Ano haiiro no biru desu ka.

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)
灰色 (はいいろ)
grey; gray; ashen
()
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
ビル (ビル)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 はい
Meanings: ashes, puckery juice, cremate
Readings: ショク、 シキ、 いろ
Meaning: color