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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

「ああ・・・ちょっと、体調が優れなくて」「そうなんだ。大丈夫か?」「うふふ。実はズル休みなんです」

Sentence Analyzer

ああ ちょっと 体調 優れなくて そう 大丈夫 うふふ 実は ずる 休み です

English Translation

"Ah ... I'm just not feeling so well" "Really? Are you OK?" "Heh-heh. Actually I'm playing hooky."

Furigana

「ああ・・・ちょっと、体調(たいちょう)(すぐ)れなくて」「そうなんだ。大丈夫(だいじょうぶ)か?」「うふふ。(じつ)はズル(やす)みなんです」

Romanji

" ā chotto, taichō ga sugurenakute"" sō na n da. daijōbu ka?"" ufufu. jitsuha zuru yasumi na n desu"

Words

嗚呼 (ああ、アー)
Ah!; Oh!; Alas!; Yes; Indeed; That is correct; Hey!; Yo!; Uh huh; Yeah yeah; Right; Gotcha
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
一寸 (ちょっと、ちょと、チョット、ちょいと、チョッと)
just a minute; short time; just a little; somewhat; easily; readily; rather; (will not) easily; hey!
体調 (たいちょう)
physical condition
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
優れる (すぐれる)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
大丈夫 (だいじょうぶ、だいじょぶ)
safe; all right; alright; OK; okay; sure; certainly; surely; undoubtedly; great man; fine figure of a man
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
うふふ (うふふ)
giggle; chuckle; titter
実は (じつは)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
(ずる)
cunning deed; sneaky person
休み (やすみ)
rest; recess; respite; vacation; holiday; absence; suspension; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
調
Readings: チョウ、 しら.べる、 しら.べ、 ととの.う、 ととの.える
Meanings: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate
Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 やさ.しい、 すぐ.れる、 まさ.る
Meanings: tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ジョウ、 たけ、 だけ
Meanings: length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely
Readings: フ、 フウ、 ブ、 おっと、 それ
Meanings: husband, man
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: キュウ、 やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める
Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep