あなたは始発電車に間にあいましたか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた は 始発 電車 に 間にあいました か 。

English Translation

Did you catch the first train?

Furigana

あなたは始発(しはつ)電車(でんしゃ)に間(ま)にあいましたか。

Romanji

Anata wa shihatsu densha ni maniaimashita ka.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

は (は)

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

始発 (しはつ)

first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

電車 (でんしゃ)

train; electric train

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

間に合う (まにあう)

to be in time for; to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

か (か)

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

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin

発

Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

車

Readings: シャ、 くるま

Meaning: car

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space