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突然長女が「飴がほしい」と言い出しました。

Sentence Analyzer

突然 長女 ほしい 言い出しました

English Translation

Suddenly the eldest daughter spoke up, saying, "I want candy."

Furigana

突然(とつぜん)長女(ちょうじょ)が「(あめ)がほしい」と(いだ)()しました。

Romanji

Totsuzen chōjo ga" ame ga hoshii" to iidashimashita.

Words

突然 (とつぜん)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
長女 (ちょうじょ)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(あめ)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
欲しい (ほしい)
wanted; wished for; in need of; desired; I want (you) to
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

Kanji

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く
Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden
Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ
Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: イ、 シ、 あめ、 やしな.う
Meanings: rice jelly, candy
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude