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Zach

1頭の象がそこで狩られた。

Sentence Analyzer

そこ 狩られた

English Translation

An elephant was hunted there.

Furigana

(とう)(ぞう)がそこで()られた。

Romanji

Ichi tō no zō ga soko de karareta.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(がしら)
top of ..; head of ..; the moment that ..
()
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
(ぞう)
elephant
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
其処 (そこ)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you
(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.
狩る (かる)
to hunt (e.g. animals); to go looking for (e.g. flowers, etc.); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to pick (e.g. fruit)

Kanji

Readings: トウ、 ズ、 ト、 あたま、 かしら、 -がしら、 かぶり
Meanings: head, counter for large animals
Readings: ショウ、 ゾウ、 かたど.る
Meanings: elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
Readings: シュ、 か.る、 か.り、 -が.り
Meanings: hunt, raid, gather