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あの煙を見なさい。あそこの建物が燃えているに違いない。

Sentence Analyzer

あの なさい あそこ 建物 燃えている 違いない

English Translation

Look at that smoke. That building must be on fire.

Furigana

あの(けむり)()なさい。あそこの建物(たてもの)()えているに(ちが)いない。

Romanji

Ano kemuri o mi nasai. asoko no tatemono ga moeteiru 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)
(けむり、けぶり、けむ、けぶ)
smoke; fumes
()
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.
見る (みる)
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...
為さる (なさる)
to do
彼処 (あそこ、あすこ、かしこ、あしこ、あこ)
there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; genitals; that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point
()
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
建物 (たてもの)
building
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
燃える (もえる)
to burn; to get fired up
()
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: エン、 けむ.る、 けむり、 けむ.い
Meaning: smoke
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: ケン、 コン、 た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ
Meaning: build
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ネン、 も.える、 も.やす、 も.す
Meanings: burn, blaze, glow
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