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Zach

1匹の猫がカーテンの陰から現れた。

Sentence Analyzer

かーてん から 現れた

English Translation

A cat appeared from behind the curtain.

Furigana

(ひき)(ねこ)がカーテンの(かげ)から(あらわ)れた。

Romanji

Ichi hiki no neko ga ka-ten no kage kara arawareta.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(ひき、き)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth
()
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
(ねこ、ネコ)
cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
ガーデン (ガーデン)
garden
(かげ)
shade; shadow; other side; back; background
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
現れる (あらわれる)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

Kanji

Readings: ヒツ、 ひき
Meanings: equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth
Readings: ビョウ、 ねこ
Meaning: cat
Readings: イン、 かげ、 かげ.る
Meanings: shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow
Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ
Meanings: present, existing, actual