「可愛い子犬ね。どうしてパンダと名付けられたの？」「パンダのような顔をしているからだ」

Sentence Analyzer

「可愛い子犬ね。どうしてぱんだと名付けられたの？」「ぱんだのような顔をしているからだ」

English Translation

"What a cute puppy. Why is he called Panda?" "Because his face looks like a panda."

Furigana

「可愛(かわい)い子犬(こいぬ)ね。どうしてパンダと名付(なづ)けられたの？」「パンダのような顔(かお)をしているからだ」

Romanji

" kawaii koinu ne. dōshite panda to nazukerareta no?"" panda no yōna kao o shiteiru kara da"

Words

可愛い (かわいい、かわゆい)

cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; dear; precious; darling; pet; cute little; tiny

子犬 (こいぬ)

puppy

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

パンダ (パンダ)

panda

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

名付ける (なづける)

to name; to call; to christen; to term

の (の)

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

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

顔 (かお、がん)

face; visage; look; expression; countenance; honor; honour; face; influence; notoriety

を (を)

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

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative