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私たちは昨日防火訓練をした。

Sentence Analyzer

私たち 昨日 防火 訓練 した

English Translation

We had a fire drill yesterday.

Furigana

(わたし)たちは昨日(きのう)防火(ぼうか)訓練(くんれん)をした。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa kinō bōka kunren o shita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)
yesterday
防火 (ぼうか)
fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof
訓練 (くんれん)
practice; practising; training
()
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ボウ、 ふせ.ぐ
Meanings: ward off, defend, protect, resist
Readings: カ、 ひ、 -び、 ほ-
Meaning: fire
Readings: クン、 キン、 おし.える、 よ.む、 くん.ずる
Meanings: instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read
Readings: レン、 ね.る、 ね.り
Meanings: practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine